Eric,
If you are thinking of coming to CP in the near future, you had better get
this RUM crap off your mind...Cook with Tequila! Well maybe that would be
gross, so you had better just drink the tequila, and eat the cake later...
Actually, I came up with a better idea, bake the cake (W/O Alcohol) and put
in front of you...then drink tequila...when you pass out, your face will
fall in the cake...cake and alcohol...
DaveW
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Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:46 PM
Subject: The Ace Reporter Answers Your Cooking Questions
> Oh, we have another question for Ask the Ace!
>
> Eric Linnhoff in Kansas City asks:
>
> "I want to 'turn it up a notch' and add some Cruzan orange rum to a
> chocolate
> cake mix. Would substituting half or all of the water with rum cause
> disastrous results? How about adding some rum to the Betty Crocker
frosting
> in a can? I know that if I add too much rum to the frosting it would
become
> to watery but is there any way to rethicken it up?"
>
> You can add rum and even wine to a Betty Crocker cake mix. Next time, try
> four eggs and a half of cup of wine (or rum) with your Betty Crocker cake
> mix (18.5 oz.). Don't forget to add butter and oil. Although you can try
> this with both a chocolate of vanilla mix (chocolate is always the flavor
of
> choice with the Ace), the wine flavor is more pronounced with the vanilla
> mix. You'll also find that the cake is extra moist, and probably won't
need
> any frosting.
>
> As far as adding rum to the frosting, probably a little bit wouldn't make
it
> too runny. Don't forget that you can refrigerate the frosting to harden it
a
> bit more.
>
> For added presentation performance: try making this cake using a bundt
pan.
>
> As always, mixes certainly add to the quickness and convenience, but for
> ultimate satisfaction and flavor, nothing beats making a cake from
scratch.
>
> If you don't believe me, ask my friend Brigitte who told me all of this
> stuff.
>
> Signed,
> Your Friend in the Kitchen and the Parking Lot,
> The Ace Reporter
>
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