need advice
Hi all! I'm invited to a holiday dinner and wish to bring a desert. There will be between 13-18 people present.
I'm originally from Romania, and I remember around the holidays, we had a lot of pastries and cakes. They were moist and each had its own rich flavor that came from the ingredients and not from the sugar! I'm searching the Internet for recipes, but I do not want anything that is super sweet. I would like to make a homemade cake completely from scratch, maybe with layers and such.
Anyway, I've had two ideas in mind, but with them come two fears which hopefully you can all help me with:
1) Look for foreign recipes online (such are Romanian recipes) which are not too sweet. The fear is that I won't know what ingredients to buy at the store which match this recipe. Things are labeled differently here or the potency of certain items are off, etc.
2) Find regular recipes online, but add less sugar than indicated. The fear here is that the recipe is based on that amount of sugar and therefore the consistency will be way off.
So, are there any recipes you can point me to or some advice regarding making my own cake without it being excessively sweet?
Thanks!!
Violeta
Hi all! I'm invited to a holiday dinner and wish to bring a desert. There will be between 13-18 people present.
I'm originally from Romania, and I remember around the holidays, we had a lot of pastries and cakes. They were moist and each had its own rich flavor that came from the ingredients and not from the sugar! I'm searching the Internet for recipes, but I do not want anything that is super sweet. I would like to make a homemade cake completely from scratch, maybe with layers and such.
Anyway, I've had two ideas in mind, but with them come two fears which hopefully you can all help me with:
1) Look for foreign recipes online (such are Romanian recipes) which are not too sweet. The fear is that I won't know what ingredients to buy at the store which match this recipe. Things are labeled differently here or the potency of certain items are off, etc.
2) Find regular recipes online, but add less sugar than indicated. The fear here is that the recipe is based on that amount of sugar and therefore the consistency will be way off.
So, are there any recipes you can point me to or some advice regarding making my own cake without it being excessively sweet?
Thanks!!
Violeta