Unique cake ideas for wife's birthday? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Last time did an chocolate one with orange marmalade from a USSR cookbook and she didn't like it :0 did like the marmalade I made tho wasn't a total loss

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[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This will sound facetious, but I recommend getting her a cake she likes.

I don't know if is too late to ask questions or do sleuthing, but if there was some kind of cake from her past she really liked that she hasn't had in a long time that might be ideal. Like for my wife that was ice cream cake which isn't as much a thing anymore as it was in our childhood. For me that is certain recipes my mom made in my childhood.

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's smart, the backup option is to make a new flavor of basque cheesecake. She's better at those though so I was thinking of something entirely new.

[-] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's possible that she, like me, doesn't particularly like cake. Maybe pie?

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Go right ahead and recommend your favorite pie! A lot easier for me to bake ;)

[-] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cherry, apple, blueberry, whatever fruit she likes you can probably find a good recipe for a pie that features it. Does she go nuts for pumpkin spice lattes? Pumpkin pie. Insists on keeping bananas in the house? Banana cream pie. Or maybe she just loves oreos and you can get a store bought oreo pie. Just make it clear that you know her and have been paying attention to what she likes and she'll enjoy what you make/buy for her.

[-] frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Dark chocolate, almond, orange, and an herbal liquer like Strega or Chartreuse or Galliano L'Autentico

[-] Athena5898@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Preppy Kitchen and his videos is how I learned to bake. He has some good cake stuff on there

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you! Always looking for new channels

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe she's a normal cake woman?

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Normal ideas are welcome (or even non-cake desserts, if suitable). The chocolate marmalade one was described as "just a normal cake"—which makes sense, a lot of soviet recipes were dope at the time but people are in a totally different food system now lmao. Olivier salad still whips ass though. Mainly bc you can substitute a lot of ingredients, use sauce gribiche, better mustard, chicken, brussel sprouts..... Mmmmmmmmm brussels sprouts

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

The recipe said "just a normal cake"...?

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I put too much fanfare into making an Epic Soviet Cake, and she was underwhelmed xD, I had to coax that statement out of her in the days afterward but I could tell by her face

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Brussel sprouts are amazing. My go to cake is basque cheesecake. Very easy to make and you can add whatever sauce you want. Something normal like blackberry or caramel. Or less so like liquorice.

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