hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Cradle Cake (page 61), sliced:

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Cradle Cake (page 61), cupcakes look like this when taken fresh from the countertop convection oven: note that one of the components of the “crisp meringue” cradle is finely chopped 99% dark chocolate.  i use my chocolate chopping board reserved exclusively for chopping chocolate:

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Cradle Cake (page 61):

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Cradle Cake (page 61), is on cupcakes. it will be perfect for the variety of desserts i plan to bring for my canoe club banquet, to celebrate the end of our regatta 2011 season! you know better by now, that i weigh everything. filling cupcakes by weigh is the [...]

as hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES is near ending, i decided that for the handful of cakes that i still need to take, i will prep ahead as early as possible. for the Cradle Cake (page 61), i measured the dry ingredients at the same time for the spice cake with peanut buttercream and [...]