One of these cakes will stay--vanilla, chocolate, carrot, or red velvet. I pick carrot. Yummy. How about you?

[debm55]

[Walleye]

1. Definitely carrot, with walnuts and cream cheese icing

[debm55]

3. Agree. My husband tells me it has all the essentials from the food groups--cream cheese-dairy, cake-bread group, carrot-

veggies, pineapple and raisins---fruit and nuts--meat?

[Walleye]

5. Very nutritious

[debm55]

13. Agree.

[applegrove]

12. Real cream chesse icing. Mmmmmm.

[debm55]

15. Agree . have to have the real stuff or it is not real carrot cake.

[Jilly_in_VA]

87. Absolutely

My husband's favorite, and he's made me a convert. Chocolate, specifically devil's food with fudge icing, would be my second choice. I can't stand red velvet, which I guess means I'm not a true southerner. To me it's just WRONG. The color is off and it doesn't taste right. True story---My first grandson had a tiny red velvet cake to play in for his first birthday. The pictures they took make him look like a child abuse victim! I won't show them to anyone!

[debm55]

88. Thank you Jilly_in_VA That's funny about your grandson.

[sarge43]

113. Yes indeed.

I'm not a big fan of cake, but that one ... goin' home.

[debm55]

114. Thank you sarge43

[3catwoman3]

2. Chocolate with lots of vanilla buttercreme...

...frosting. Red velvet is 2nd choice.

[debm55]

24. Thank you 3catwoman3. That sounds great.Yum

[RoadRunner]

4. What Deb said

Can’t get enough of ‘em.

[debm55]

25. Thanks RoadRunner. Carrot cake is the best. I like tortes also. Especially raspberry almond. But this was for cakes that

are more common.

[Utley]

6. want them all to stay

but red velvet for me

[debm55]

27. Thank you Utley. Good choice.

[chillfactor]

7. Carrot cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[debm55]

28. Thank you chillfactor. I agree with your choice 100 per cent.

[rockbluff botanist]

8. You forgot coconut.

I make a 6 layer toasted coconut cake that is scrumptious.

[CrispyQ]

19. That would be my second choice after chocolate w/chocolate.

I love toasted coconut. Plain sweetened coconut, too, but toasted is divine.

[debm55]

76. Chocolate with chocolate sounds wonderful.. Thank you CrispyQ

[debm55]

29. rockbluff botanist. WOW that sounds great. You can add to your list. Six layers???? TY

[yellowdogintexas]

41. I love a good coconut cake, with coconut & crushed pineapple in the filling between the layers

and Ermine frosting with lots of coconut all over it
I have a wonderful white cake recipe that makes a fabulous coconut cake

[debm55]

74. Thank you yellowdogintexas, that sounds great.

[debm55]

107. Sorry, rockbluff botanist.

[rubbersole]

9. Homemade carrot cake was formerly my favorite...

...then the missus made a Coke Cola cake. Holy moly...

[debm55]

75. Thank you rubbersole. I never had one. Going to look it up.

[rubbersole]

81. I scoffed when I 1st heard the name.

An unbelievably moist delicious chocolate cake. The 2nd one was better than the first (probably because I was looking forward to it). It has become the "special occasion" dessert around here. Last one was served al a mode with coffee ice cream. Just got goose bumps typing that.😋

[debm55]

83. Thank you rubbersole. See if you can get one made for today. I know sometimes I read the foods listed and my mouth

waters.

[Arne]

10. Anyone familiar with whacky cake?

It is rich moist dark chocolate with a fluffy and decadent frosting.

[debm55]

77. Thank you Arne, Now I have. sounds great.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Is a tie for me. Can I have both, deb?

[debm55]

30. Yes you can. Ty Diamond_Dog.

[MiHale]

14. A really good Red Velvet...

I’m mostly a pie guy…but my dear, sweettoothed wife makes awesome cakes.
Second favorite cake…German Chocolate, not so much the cake…it’s the frosting…lots of coconut a must.

[debm55]

50. Thank you MiHale. You are so lucky to have a sweettoothed wife that makes sweet treats.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

54. I'm right with you on both choices.

Red Velvet and German Chocolate cakes are great!

[debm55]

78. Thank you Prof,Toru Tanaka. wounderful

[regnaD kciN]

16. Red Velvet forever!

[debm55]

80. Thank you reginaD kciN

[birdographer]

17. Tie between chocolate and carrot

Can I have both?

[debm55]

79. Thank you, birdographer . You can have both

[Polly Hennessey]

18. Vanilla. Hope that doesn't mean I am boring 😑

[debm55]

82. Thank you Polly Hennessey. You are not boring.

[XanaDUer2]

20. Carrot

[debm55]

84. YES, Thank you XanaDUer2.

[XanaDUer2]

85. Funnily enough

I cannot find frozen CC at Publix, and they have everything

[OLDMDDEM]

21. Carrot

[debm55]

95. Great. Thank you OLDMDDEM.

[Mad_Dem_X]

22. Chocolate. Always chocolate!

[debm55]

86. Thank you Mad_Dem_X. YES

[Wonder Why]

23. How about eggplant cake. Yum!

[debm55]

92. I had zucchini cake made with spice cake base. It was delicious. Try it you'll like it.

[mvd]

26. I like vanilla with chocolate icing

Deb!

[debm55]

93. Thank you mvd. Sounds great.

[Clouds Passing]

31. Dark chocolate with whipped cream vanilla icing (not so sweet)

[debm55]

99. Thank you Clouds Passing . It sounds great.

[Agent Orange Tabby]

32. Is Red Velvet a color or flavor?

DC native transplanted to Alabama 9 years ago. Someone make it make sense.

ETA: Every piece I’ve tried tastes something between yellow, weird and…weirder

[ProfessorGAC]

37. It's Actually A Flavor

The traditional version turns red from a high temperature reaction between the amino compounds in cocoa with the acidity of buttermilk & a touch of vinegar.
Also, the same thing happens with free hydroxyl groups on the molasses in brown sugar.
That said, the boxed versions are almost certainly chocolate cake with some powdered buttermilk & food coloring.
The weird your tasting is probably the acidity, which might taste odd given the overall sweetness.

[Agent Orange Tabby]

38. Well, I'll be darned

Thanks for this. I actually enjoy yeast bread and pastry dough baking so appreciate the chemistry explanation. Seems I should try some more from scratch samples before passing judgment. Thnx again for taking the time!

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Early In My Caeer...

...I did some process development work with our flavors & fragrances division.
I learned tons about food chemistry in that 7 or 8 months.
One project involved fracturing glucose & oxidizing it to reproduce the diacetyls & short chain "-oins" to simulate the taste of butter for Mrs. Butterworth syrup. It actually worked, but the capital was too high, so extracting it from butter was actually cheaper.
Fun fact: though carmel is made by dehydrating sugar (removing hydrogen & hydroxyl groups from the carbon in the sugar) the rearrangement of those carbons is so complex & variable that nobody actually knows what compounds are in carmel. We can theorize as to what compounds should be in there, but we can't know just how many are in there or the proportions. Something as simple as carmel!

[Agent Orange Tabby]

47. Inside industry secrets fascinating!

I know a guy here in Birmingham who’s a retired career Hostess baker. Could be apocryphal, but told story of time they had to shut down plant because nozzles malfunctioned overnight causing cream filling to explode and fill multiple rooms and short circuit all the electrical in the factory. I said wow, that must have been a mess to clean up, he said not my department not my problem. One of those things we’ll never prove or disprove but I like to think is true either way.

ETA: He lives in Bham now but think he might have said Hostess plant was someplace in Midwest?

[debm55]

98. That is very interesting about the carmel. TY.

[electric_blue68]

60. I just looked it up before I answered bc I wasn't sure

and while total different it made me think of pretzels making and the lye bath (or one other way) needed to get the dark crust, and seemedly the flavor.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. That Another Good Example

Pretzels are an example of the Maillard reaction, which we also see when we grill a steak.

[electric_blue68]

63. Ty. Couldn't remember the name of the effect

[debm55]

97. Thank you ProfessorGAC. I was just going to look it up.

[debm55]

96. To be honest I never had it, So I really don't know. Perhaps someone can help you out. I have heard of it . That's why

I put on the list. Is there another cake you would rather have, Just don't pick Red Velvet. You have three other choices. TY

[doc03]

33. German chocolate cake. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

36. You Cheated!

That wasn't one of the choices! I wish I would have thought of cheating, too.
If i had, I'd have picked the sane cake as you!
Loved German Chocolate cake since I was a little kid.

[yellowdogintexas]

42. same here. I love that cake nt

[debm55]

100. Yummy. Thank you doc03. Except I eat all the icing with a little of the cake.

[beaglelover]

34. This is really hard for me. I LOVE CAKE! I do NOT like pies. I can't decide, sorry. :)

[debm55]

101. That;s okay, Thank about it and come back with what you decide.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Chocolate

Though I'm with you on cartons cake.
For packaged products, my wife really loves the coconut cake by Pepperidge Farm. She's nuts about it!

[debm55]

103. Thank you ProfessorGAC. Their German Chocolate cake is pretty good too.

[HeartsCanHope]

40. Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Icing!

There's a bakery here that makes a vanilla cake with vanilla icing that is absolutely delicious! She calls it "wedding cake", but if I could I would have it every day! Any cake is good--but that vanilla cake is delicious!

[debm55]

45. Wow, vanilla on vanilla sounds wonderful.. Thank you Hearts CanHope.

[yellowdogintexas]

43. of the four options, I like a rich chocolate cake with chocolate frosting best

second choice is carrot cake. But without raisins, please.
My recipe has crushed pineapple, walnuts and coconut in it. It makes 2 10" layers.

[debm55]

44. Thank you yellowdogintexas. My carrot cake has the crushed pineapple, walnuts and raisins in it. The chocolate on

chocolate sounds great.

[Solly Mack]

46. Dark Chocolate.

[debm55]

48. Thank you, Solly Mack. Good Choice.

[Solly Mack]

49. Dark chocolate is the only choice.

For me.

[debm55]

94. You got it Solly Mack.

[arkielib]

51. Chocolate!

With chocolate frosting on top and chocolate chips baked inside! Carrot cake is a close second though.

[debm55]

91. Thank you arkielib. Great choice.

[Tikki]

52. There should be a traditional yellow cake with white butter cream icing.

with those little red hots and those little silver ball things decorating all over the cake.
A well made yellow cake is moist but with a bit of crispy edges and bottom.
?fit=696,696

Tikki

[debm55]

90. Thank you Tikki, Now my mouth is watering.

[FullySupportDems]

53. No way I could make that decision

Without tasting them all. Actually a whole cake of each would be best. With Icecream!

Love Bernie! Watching him now. This a great convention to watch, the best ever.

[debm55]

89. Are you eating cake and ice cream while watching. that would be great.

[FullySupportDems]

110. I wish I was!

All those cake descriptions, and pictures! I was really wanting cake. Any of those cakes 🎂

[Dr. Shepper]

55. Carrot for sure!

With cream cheese frosting but hold the coconut.

[debm55]

72. Thank you Dr. Shepper. Mine too.

[sdfernando]

56. Yes! Carrot is my fav! /nt

[debm55]

70. thank you, sdfernando. Mine too.

[pansypoo53219]

57. carrot w/ butter cream frosting. but i do like pound cake.

[debm55]

69. Thank you pansypoo53219. Yes, on the both. I like my pound cake with strawberries and shipped cream on top

[pansypoo53219]

119. my cousin had a awesome carrot cake w/ butter cream for his birth day.

tho, i should have said, i prefer pie or tarts to cane. if i would ever get married. wedding pies.

OH SHIT! BANANA CAKE!!!! that goes to the top. my great-aunt made banana cup cakes w/ light coffee frosting. loved sara lee banana cakes.

banana w/ butter cream would be great too.

[Figarosmom]

58. Chocolate zuchinni flourless cake

Or vanilla strawberry tort cake

[debm55]

68. Figarosmom. Sometimes I add zuchinni to my carrot cake instead of carrots. Every birthday my husband gets me a raspberry

torte. Love it.

[Figarosmom]

117. My daughter in law wont eat veggies but

She loves chocolate cake and brownies. So I make whatever deserts I can with veggies and my daughter just doesn't tell her. We like carrot cake too. That's the closest to spice cake I get to have since I'm the only one that likes spice cake. I also had a raspberry one for
my bday because my daughter and daughter in law couldn't find a strawberry one.

[debm55]

118. Thank you Figarosmom,

[electric_blue68]

59. Dark Chocolate cake like ....

?Molten Chocalate Lava Cake, Flourless Chocolate Cake, or a typical chocolate Layer cake but w Dark Chocolate.
As intense as you can get them!


If I can't get a chocolate cake then Carrot cake with cream cheese froasting, walnuts, and I'll put up w the raisins.

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much for your choices, electric_blue68. They sound YUMMY.

[OldBaldy1701E]

62. As a kid, I would have picked 'red velvet' without hesitation.

These days, I am Bugs Bunny all the way! Carrot cake!

[debm55]

66. Thank you OldBaldy1701E, carrot cake here too. Honestly, I never had Red Velvet.

[justaprogressive]

64. Ummm....

PIE!

[debm55]

65. Thank you justaprogressive.

[AllaN01Bear]

71. there we go again. making me choose . all of them will stay. simple as that ,

[debm55]

73. But Bear you have to pick one.Okay if you can't that is okay.

[AnnaLee]

102. Carrot first, Orange Coconut second. ntp

[debm55]

104. Thank you AnnaLee. Great choices.

[displacedvermoter]

105. A sampler platter with a piece of each

and a pint of Island Vanilla ice cream!

[debm55]

108. What a great idea. I never thought of that as a answer. Thank you displaceadvermoter.

[TommieMommy]

106. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting 👍

[debm55]

109. YES, thank you TommieMommy. Love it.

[Basso8vb]

111. Carrot Cake!

I love them all but definitely carrot cake with the cream cheese frosting that's good any time of day!

[debm55]

112. Thank you Basso8vb. Carrot is # 1

[Different Drummer]

115. Of the choices given, red velvet for me.

However, I wouldn't turn down a caramel cake.

[debm55]

116. Thank you Different Drummer.

[Luciferous]

120. Chocolate

[debm55]

122. thank you, Luciferous. Yummy.

[sakabatou]

121. Carrot must go. There is no way I'll ever eat one.

[debm55]

124. Thank you sakabatou.

[ailsagirl]

123. I'll go with chocolate cake

I do like carrot cake but it's so rich I can handle only one small slice at a time. Or per day, if that.

[debm55]

125. Thank you ailsagirl

[samnsara]

126. yep!! the others stain my mouth :)

[debm55]

130. Thank you, I know what you mean.

[Gaytano70]

127. Definitely carrot!

I asked my mom to make a carrot birthday cake every year when I little 🥕🥮

[debm55]

129. Thank you, Gaytano. sounds like a great birthday treat.

[Gaytano70]

132. It was the only time she would make it, so even more special! 💙💙💙💙

[debm55]

133. Thank you Gaytano70 She made it because she knew you liked it and she loved you.

[Babywhale]

128. Black Forest all The Way!

Though a good carrot cake is very close.Nom,Nom!

[debm55]

131. Thank you Babywhale and welcome to DU.