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Right after I baked the perfect pound cake, I had some leftover cake flour. Recently, a couple of friends and I were experimenting with layer cake (Indonesian/Malaysian kek lapis) with prunes, so I decided to use the cake flour to make brandy butter cake with prunes, with a touch of brandy added to flavor the cake.
I grew up watching my late mother enjoying her brandy. Every night before she went to bed, she would religiously take a sip of brandy from its bottle—stashed preciously in the cupboard right beside her bed. She swore by brandy, and believed that brandy was a magic tonic that guaranteed longevity and eternal health. Brandy was her favorite liquor.
I don’t really drink but I do like the aroma that brandy imparts to cakes, for examples: kek lapis and (a good) fruit cake. I improvised my favorite butter cake recipe and added splashes of brandy and some dried prunes (plums). The end result is this brandy butter cake laced with prunes. I gave some to my neighbor and they really enjoyed the cake.
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I have curious how the cake will taste with brandy added, perhaps should bake one and try it, thanks for sharing.
All the time. I like wine in savory stews and sauces. Brandy too (cognac) in coq au vin and boeuf bourgignonne.
Of course! Well, sometimes it doesn’t make it into the pot ;)
I’ve made a brandy butter cake as well. An old European recipe. Also I use wine a lot and rum. :)
Fruitcake for holidays – I pour over Calvados.
I’m the same -all the liquor in my house is for cooking. Just made a Guinness cake.
Because of personal reasons I don’t keep alcohol in the house. But I use sake and Shaoxing wine (or sherry) in my chinese cooking. Apart from sometimes i use cognac for making a pepper gravy for a nice steak.
Ha Ha – my Malaysian stepmother swears by it too – we bring her a bottle every time she visits – and she is a world class cook!
I used to watch Essence of Emeril. Whenever he would cook with beer, he would open two bottles, one for the pot and one for him. Bam!
I bake my Chocolate Devil Cake adding light rum both on the mixtures n icing. Brandy I mix it with my coffee occasionally.
ya chinese style
Love prunes in my cakes…and prunes and brandy in one is a terrific idea!