Well, I made it on Monday in time to actually post on Tuesday. (Disclaimer: I am no longer an official TWD-er as I far too frequently did NOT make/post Tuesdays…so I am officially the renegade TWD-er…but they inspire me…) Partly because I’ve had my eye on these for a long, long time…
On to the meat of the matter…no, the cake of the matter.
Yesterday I called these rum-soaked, but Dorie calls them so much better: Rum-drenched Vanilla Cakes. I had almost all I needed for these basic-but-delicious cakes…including two vanilla beans that I had to help rehydrate by soaking them….okay, in rum, I admit it..and it worked.
I scraped out the two beans AND I added some vanilla (worried a bit that the beans may have been to old to pack needed punch)…I was a bit shocked, shocked! I tell you by the amount of melted butter added to these..
But…oh. my. These? These are the kinds of cakes I love…dense, full of flavors–both rum and vanilla, both favorites of mine and very straightforward. I really don’t like fluffy, whipped cream covered, frosting layered, nut-filled…much of anything. Favorite sweets always tend to be shortbread. Pound cakes…creme brulee…pure, simple flavors…
I had to break out my mini-bundt cake pan, since it doesn’t get a lot of use and it is SO CUTE. But I’d also better learn to fill it…fill it less, that is…look at all that wasted cake that overflowed…
Next time I’ll know better…this made six overflowing mini-bundts (oh, those crumbs won’t go to waste, don’t you worry) AND a mini loaf…Simple to soak with rum syrup afterwards and the rewards are fabulous…I HAVE to give these away or I really will eat them all…
Head over to Tuesdays with Dorie to find other results. The chooser of the week and recipe printer is Wendy from Pink Stripes.
Do not ever buy store-made pound cake again. There is no reason to…this goes together in minutes (if you don’t have vanilla bean, use the tablespoon and a half of vanilla extract…) and the results will make you want more and more and more…mmm. You know what this would go great with? A scoop of good vanilla ice cream…
I’m hungry…
