whiteout cake pg 55

My husband doesn't eat chocolate and while we were hanging around on Christmas break I wanted to make something that he could enjoy too so for my very first Baked recipe, I picked the Whiteout Cake. I didn't realize how much batter it makes so I ended up with a 4", 6" and 10" cake. When my husband saw them on top of the oven cooling he asked if I was making a wedding cake. Note to self; it's totally ok to scale down.

Verdict: Not my favorite. I made it exactly to recipe for some friends we were having over for boardgames and our friends loved it but I thought that it was waaaay too sweet. I'm over critical but I while the cake was light and airy, it was also dry. And the white chocolate frosting was like whipped pastry cream, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The frosting is made with flour and boy could I tell in the final product. Plus, you cook the flour, sugar, cream and milk before adding all the butter and whatnot and even with constant stirring, I ended up with bits of cooked flour, very unsightly. Also, the next day the leftover frosting I had in the fridge had separated which I was able to remedy but it was annoying nonetheless.

Tips for next time: Pass it up all together. There are better options out there.