I need a little help here. Today I ordered a casada cake from our local Italian bakery. I was told that it was a white cake w/ a cream and strawberry filling. Sounded good to me But I was just told by a friend that a casada cake is soaked in a liqueur. Still fine by me but I will be serving this to children as well. So ... my question is, are casada cakes normally made w/ liqueur? If they are I probably will be up most of the night baking cup cakes for the kids at the party. TIA! ~Kat What did my hands do before they held you? Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)
Jarkat2002 wrote: > > I need a little help here. Today I ordered a casada cake > from our local Italian bakery. I was told that it was a > white cake w/ a cream and strawberry filling. Sounded good > to me But I was just told by a friend that a casada > cake is soaked in a liqueur. Still fine by me but I > will be serving this to children as well. So ... my > question is, are casada cakes normally made w/ liqueur? If > they are I probably will be up most of the night baking > cup cakes for the kids at the party. TIA! > > ~Kat > When I was a kid, our parents/friends/neighbours served us such things as baba au rhum (or other liqueur-soaked pastries) with no harm done. Check with the bakery. Don't think most would use much alcohol in a cake, as it's expensive. However, might be a good idea to make a small cake for the kids, just in case LOL!
>When I was a kid, our parents/friends/neighbours served us >such things as baba au rhum (or other liqueur-soaked >pastries) with no harm done. Check with the bakery. Don't >think most would use much alcohol in a cake, as it's >expensive. However, might be a good idea to make a small >cake for the kids, just in case LOL! If it were just my kids, I'm not sure that I would mind all that much (they don't eat much cake), but I will be serving other children as well. I would check w/ the bakery but they are closed and we are to pick up the cake first thing in the morning. Looks like I'll bake cup cakes as well ... even if the casada cake is ok for them to eat, they always can take them home. ~Kat What did my hands do before they held you? Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)
Jarkat2002 wrote: > > I need a little help here. Today I ordered a casada cake > from our local Italian bakery. I was told that it was a > white cake w/ a cream and strawberry filling. Sounded good > to me But I was just told by a friend that a casada > cake is soaked in a liqueur. Still fine by me but I > will be serving this to children as well. So ... my > question is, are casada cakes normally made w/ liqueur? If > they are I probably will be up most of the night baking > cup cakes for the kids at the party. TIA! > > ~Kat > I did a quick Google search for "Cassatta recipe" and the first few I looked at did not contain liquor. They also sounded delicious but not necessarily something that would appeal to kids used to plainer cake! gloria p
Jarkat2002 saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all about it on 07 Mar 2004 01:37:24 GMT: >I need a little help here. Today I ordered a casada cake >from our local Italian bakery. I was told that it was a >white cake w/ a cream and strawberry filling. Sounded good >to me But I was just told by a friend that a casada cake >is soaked in a liqueur. Still fine by me but I will be >serving this to children as well. So ... my question is, >are casada cakes normally made w/ liqueur? If they are I >probably will be up most of the night baking cup cakes for >the kids at the party. TIA! I wouldn't think it would have enough alcohol in it to do the kids any harm. Some of them may not like the taste though... cupcakes would be a good alternative for the kiddies. Just use a plain recipe and bung some icing and sprinkles on the top and they'll be just as happy ~Karen AKA Kajikit Lover of shiny things... Made as of 5 March 2004 - 36 cards, 22 SB pages (plus 2 small giftbooks), 35 decos Visit my webpage: http://www.kajikitscorner.com Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/
"Jarkat2002" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > I need a little help here. Today I ordered a casada cake > from our local Italian bakery. I was told that it was a > white cake w/ a cream and strawberry > filling. Sounded good to me But I was just told by a > friend that a casada cake is soaked in a liqueur. Still > fine by me but I will be serving this to children as > well. So ... my question is, are casada cakes normally > made w/ liqueur? If they are > I probably will be up most of the night baking cup cakes > for the kids at the > party. TIA! > > ~Kat It is casSaTa. Some contain licker n some don't. The liqueur is almost always just in the filling - it would be unusual for the cake to be soaked in liqueur. What you describe probably doesn't contain any alcohol. Still, I like the lickered- up ones. It also depends on what part of Italy the recipe originated. I like to make, and eat, Cassata alla Siciliana and use Strega in it. Charlie
