as posted on http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/recipes/dessert_golden_lemon.shtml Featured on the December 12, 2009 episode.  Reprinted from Rose’s Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Berenbaum. Copyright © 2009.  Published by Wiley. Serves 12 to 14 Baking Time: 45 to 55 minutes So that people who avoid alcohol could still enjoy the extraordinarily moist yet soft texture of my Grand Marnier [...]

hector’s new take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37) baked with avocado instead of butter, and passion fruit instead of lemon. the taste was extraordinary, the texture was denser.  i will consider mixing this cake using an oil based mixing method instead, such as the banana refrigerator cake or the pumpkin [...]

hector’s new take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37) baked on the pan as done on the book, the nordic ware bavaria pan however, i changed just about everything else: 1- instead of butter, i am using avocado. same amount per weigh. in order to make the color less green, i [...]

this is ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37) baking on the nordic ware 3D christmas tree pan creating a tent with aluminum foil, to protect the delicate tree topper star is a must.

seldom do i make a cake twice!  yet revisit my photos.  but when i stomped to this photo, i realized i haven’t share it yet.  for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37), here it is, yet my favorite photo for this amazing cake.  this is non-arguable the best non-chocolate cake on the [...]

beware and don’t be defeated.  here are your TSA rights when traveling by airplane and taking a cake as a carry on.  as done for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37).  it is handy to print this out and tape it on the cake box, as TSA staff may need to be [...]

Luca enjoyed his birthday cake so much, that he decided to bake one the very next week.  here is Luca’s take for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37). disclosure:  although delicious and well reviewed, the cake volume is lower than usual and the texture denser.  Luca misread the mixing instructions (batter for [...]

i hope you are not bored by now, as i dissect ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37).  the cake made it to TSA just fine.  flew 45 minutes just fine.  was kept at room temperature overnight.  then enjoyed for breakfast.  extremely proud of the cake, arriving in perfect shape.  and utterly more [...]

tip one:  several recipes in the book, such as ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Golden Lemon Almond Cake (page 37), call for toasting nuts.  my preferred shortcut is to use the same cake pan for the cake for toasting the nuts.  when done, do not wash the pan, so traces of nut oil help the pan’s non-stick [...]