Tuesdays with Dorie: Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cake
June 29, 2010 at 1:30 am | Posted in cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 28 Comments
I only have a few words to say about this cake. It has a perfect crust, a perfect crumb and it’s saturated with vanilla and rum. It is simply the best poundy-type cake I’ve baked up. I would be totally happy to devour it plain, but as luck would have it, there were poached cherries in my fridge. Big, no, huge thanks to Wendy for choosing this for TWD!
For the recipe, see Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, or read Pink Stripes. Don’t forget to check out the TWD Blogroll!
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Poached cherries? Are you going to post a recipe? I liked this cake but definitely want to add something to it and this sounds fabulous.
Comment by Romaine— June 29, 2010 #
I hadn’t thought of it, but yes, I can post that. Will be an easy one!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— June 29, 2010 #
Lucky you with the poached cherries just waiting. Looks perfect to me1
Comment by Kayte— June 29, 2010 #
Rum, vanilla, and cherries…I think I would have devoured the entire cake all by myself if I had made this. 😀
Comment by Valerie— June 29, 2010 #
Your cake looks absolutely perfect!! I love that golden color! It must have been to dies for with those poached cherries!
Comment by Lauryn— June 29, 2010 #
Plain, toasted, smothered in strawberries or other fruit…it is perfect.
Comment by chocolatechic— June 29, 2010 #
Your cake looks beautiful and the addition of poached cherries sounds fantastic!
Comment by Kimberly— June 29, 2010 #
As if the sound of this cake wasn’t great enough, you just made it look perfect.
Comment by Eliana— June 29, 2010 #
Beautiful dome on your cake, and I agree, this was fabulous!
Comment by Madam Chow— June 29, 2010 #
I have to agree – I have never had that “dome” before – mine usually sinks a little in the center – yours is fabulous (how do you do that???) Wonderful addition of poached cherries as well!
Comment by mike— June 29, 2010 #
I want this now. Yummy!
Comment by Warm Vanilla Sugar— June 29, 2010 #
love the cherries with this
Comment by spike— June 29, 2010 #
This is such a versatile cake. The poached cherries look absolutely delicious.
Comment by Judy— June 29, 2010 #
Best. Photos. Ever. I love the cherries+pound cake…sounds wonderful.
Comment by Mary— June 29, 2010 #
OK, so I have to make this after those words about the perfect crumb, etc. It looks great with those poached cherries too.
Comment by Ciaochowlinda— June 29, 2010 #
Oh how I love cherries! What a great combination!
Comment by Janell— June 29, 2010 #
I loved this cake too. the cherries look wonderful with it!
Comment by tammy— June 29, 2010 #
Perfect base cake for fruit. Such a good cake. Poached cherries??? YUM!!
Comment by teaandscones— June 29, 2010 #
I bet the cherries were so good with this cake! I also loved this recipe. Definitely a keeper!
Comment by nickki— June 30, 2010 #
Oh, yum! I tried cherries too, only much less successfully. Yours looks faboo.
Comment by Elizabeth— June 30, 2010 #
Mmm cherries, rum and a very moist looking vanilla cake, this looks delicious, your pictures are making me hungry hehe!
Comment by Natalie— June 30, 2010 #
Ah ha!! See, this is exactly what I thought it would look like. Mine was a hawt mess – twice. I’m still not sure what I did wrong since the only thing I changed was to leave out the rum, but yours makes me want to try again some time. Beautiful job!
Comment by Holly— June 30, 2010 #
I can’t imagine a much better pound cake than this one. Yours looks terrific and so do those poached cherries, yum.
Comment by Margot— June 30, 2010 #
I took my cake to a potluck-type get together and someone else brought fresh fruit. That pairing was great, so I can only imagine it with poached cherries! Sounds divine.
Comment by Charli— July 1, 2010 #
Beautiful picture and beautiful cake! My hubby would have loved ours with cherries, but I did hazelnut syrup and Nutella instead. 🙂
Comment by Susan— July 1, 2010 #
CHERRIES. yum, it’s like christmas 🙂
Comment by Fiona— July 3, 2010 #
Wow! The cake looks awesome and the cherries look absolutely to die for!! Beautiful photos too 🙂
Comment by Sues— July 3, 2010 #
Boozy, vanilla, cake, cherries,.. awesome!
Comment by Y— July 4, 2010 #