If you’re subscribed to the email newsletter (and I hope you are – we have fun over there), you know that I’ve barely been in town long enough to catch my breath before turning around and heading back out again. The reasons for all this travel couldn’t be happier, but the near-constant nature of it has been a bit draining and has made my normal schedule of recipe development more or less impossible. In order to get around this, I’m trying something new – video!
This week, I tested two different spice cake bases (the carrot cake from Gimme Some Oven and the spice cake from Sally’s Baking Addiction), reworked the one I liked best to work with brown butter, and then fiddled around with the spice blend until I got something that made my heart sing. There were, of course, a bunch of mishaps along the way – some helpful and some less so – but I hope you enjoy a very real glimpse of what cooking with me really looks like.
Check back next week for another video – I’m up to my ears in caramel getting the filling right!
Hi, Jessi,
I love your blog and am looking for the final (ultimate, perfect) spice cake recipe. I think you sent it recently but it has vanished into cyberspace. Can you please post it under “Recipes” on your site or email it to me?
Thanks!
I just published it Friday! You can find it here: https://8thstreetmess.com/apple-spice-layer-cake/
Also thanks for the reminder that I need to populate the recipes page 😬