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The many times my Mom made Dad his favorite Angel food cake with chocolate frosting.
My favorite times as a kid, was when my mom made my homemade birthday cake. I only got one on my birthday every year! This cake was three layers, blue, red, and green, it was delicious! Sometimes she would make one for my God mom’s son, he still talks about that cake to this day! This cake was so special to me; because u see we didnt have much, but I had that beautiful cake made with all her love, each and every year…
Such a beautiful story!
My favorite cake memory is my last birthday when my kids made me a cake that looked like a turkey
Chocolate Fudge cake baked by mom once a year on birthday!
I could die for chocolate ! I love chocolate!,!!
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My happiest cake memory was making my dad my grandmother’s recipe for chocolate cake (best ever) for his birthday. He was delighted. And full, afterwards,
I forgot to say my grandmother came from North Carolina.
My favorite cake was my birthday cake my mom always made for my birthday. It was Christmas tree cake because I was born on Christmas. It was tiered cake alternating chocolate and vanilla cake. Largest piece was on the bottom and and got smaller to the top. She made the best icing for it.too. such a delicious white homemade frosting with green dyed coconut sprinkle all over it and candy ornaments.
My happiest cake memory has to be nearly 50 years ago in 1967 on my wedding day.!. After my husband and I were getting into our car to begin the trip to our honeymoon destination, my mother approached the car carrying a huge box. We were told to wait until we got to our destination to look inside the box. Of..course we were were anxious to get a look inside the box, but we followed orders and waited the four hours it took us to get to our honeymoon destination, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We put the box on the nightstand, and slowly took off the box top. WOW……My wonderful mother had seen to it that our wedding cake ,(or most of it, anyway !) had been perfectly wrapped, placed in a beautiful box with a note of congratulation from my parents and my “new in-laws”. What a wonderful surprise AND a wonderful CAKE !!!
My happiest cake memory ,is an Italian Berry cake , A friend bought one at Whole foods market.
It was a four layer cake with Italian cream and berry’s between the layers and iced with the Italian cream .
It was heavenly,so most and yummy .
I can still taste this cake!
I must have been about 4 years old, and Mom and Dad rented out the house behind ours. One hot summer day, the lady of the house invited my Mother and me in for cake. It was the most delicious Devils food cake with lots of chocolate icing I’ve ever had. An ice cold glass of milk, too. I can still taste it, still love chocolate cake and ice cold milk! What a memory! Only bad part of this memory was remembering my Mom telling me to slow down, and act and eat like a lady:)
My happiest cake memory was in 1972, it was my twelveth birthday and my dad who didn’t live with us can over and brought me a Valentine shaped cake for my birthday, my birthday if February 13th. And most of the time my birthday was forgotten. But Valentine’s Day wasn’t cause he would always remember to bring my mom her favorite chocolates and a piece of jewelry. That year I felt special and remembered. And the cake was delicious too!
On my 12th hirthday, my Aunt had a HUGE chocolate angel food cake baked and decorated for me. Not only was it beautiful; it tasted absolutely heavenly That was 59 years ago.!
Making and decorating my Daughters 1st Birthday cake.
Every Birthday Mom would make our favorite cake mine was Angle food with strawberries and real whipping cream I still have to this day.
My mother made her famous whiskey cake for my birthday to bring to work. People loved it so much they were fighting over the last piece. They all pleaded for me to make another one asap…!
The first birthday cake I made for my husband (fiance at time). It was a real winner with him. Happy memory.
My favorite cake memory happened just last year and baking a cake with my 2 year old grand daughter. We made a rainbow cake with several different colors. She was just amazed as we mixed all the colors and there was more than 1 bowl to lick.
Remembering making a cake with my grandmother when I was 6 years old. She would give me the same ingredients she was using but of course my ingredients were on a smaller scale. We would measure, mix and make our cakes together. When they were cool, we would put them on fancy plates, then we would frost them. Of course we had to taste as we baked and frosted our way to “heavenly perfection”. The final step was we would go to her flower garden and pick some lovely flowers in bloom, she knew which we could pick from, and then adorn our masterpiece’s with flowers. We would stand back, observe our work and then have a piece “together” !! No matter what I did she always praised me. I have carried on this baking together with my 2 granddaughters and we still adorn with flowers. The best memories ever ? ?
I was a young girl and my mother made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. But for some unknown reason the cake did not hold together. So, in the end we had a chocolate covered cake mess. We laugh about it to this day. I must say that was one of the best cakes we ever had, it was perfect!!! Thanks mom!
My favorite memory is with my daughter last year. She wanted to make a special cake for her boyfriend who is a geologist. The cake was three layers with a three layer waterfall with rocks and icing that resembled grass. We worked n it together and it looked awesome. Needless to say her boyfriend and friends were really impressed.
My happiest cake memory is baking cakes with my mother at my grandmothers house. My grandmother was not much of a cook, so my mother and I would travel 6 hours to her home and bake for her and my grandfather. It was nice to get back to the country and fill their old farm-home with the sweet aroma of fresh baked goods. With my grandparents gone now and the house no longer there, all those memories are ones I cherish to this day.
I actually have three favorite cake memories. When each one of my three children had their first taste of birthday cake. Priceless!!!
I remember making my son’s birthday cake and letting him put the frosting on the cake. of course he put it on himself more than the cake but it was ok. He and I laughed the whole time. He was 5 then and now he’s moved away and I don’t get to see him hardly anymore but we have our memories.
My mother and I shared the love of rich, dark chocolate. The darker and more gooey the better! She made a wonderful chocolate cake that was dark and loaded with cherries, and made a fudge frosting that had to be spread on while it was hot because it set up quickly. We lost my mom on Christmas last year, and often when I think of her I remember that great cake that we loved and shared!
Other than the Wedding cake that was made for my wedding I will say that one of the best memories of cake had to do with my grandmother’s birthday. I had turned 16 just a month before and I drove my 6 younger siblings to a relatives house where we had a surprise birthday party. My siblings and I made a homemade cake for her. It was a yellow cake with chocolate frosting and because she loved M & M’s there were M & M’s all over the top of the frosting. She loved it and said it was her best birthday cake. Though I am sure she was just being nice. It was a good afternoon though.
When my Husband brings home an empty cake pan from Lodge.Stella HURT
I have 3 granddaughters, I like to bake with. 2 live close to me and the others lives an hour away. When she comes to visit she always wants to bake cookies or cakes. She just turned 9. A couple of years ago we were baking a 7-up pound cake. While we were baking this, she said nana, I need to take one of these soda cakes to my house, so we made another for her to take home. I love all the memories with my grandchildren, but this ones sticks out the most.
The day I made the rubber cake trying to make a cake without a receipt. I think I was about 14….
making homemade birthday cakes for my family.
My earliest memory and happiest cake memory would be my 5th birthday. I got one of those cakes that all girls my age wanted–a Barbie Doll cake. This was the kind that an actual Barbie Doll was in and her dress was made out of cake. I thought it was SO cool, especially the fact I got to keep and play with the Barbie after the cake was eaten!
My happiest cake memory is the cake that my daughter Heather made me for my 40th birthday. It was a very scrumptious chocolate cake with rich chocolate frosting. She was seventeen at the time and I
remember feeling very lucky to have a teenage daughter who took the time to show me how much she loved me. I hold that memory especially in my heart as seven years later she was taken from me by a drunk driver.
I remember my mother making a spice cake that had a special frosting. She called it a burnt frosting. It was always a treat to have this cake and still miss mom making it. I do not have the recipe and with I did! She has been gone for almost 44 years and still wish I had a slice of that spice cake with the special frosting!
My Nanny would always make her homemade German chocolate cake when she would come to visit us from Pampa, Texas. No one could make one quite like hers. It was heavenly. How I miss my Nanny and her heavenly cakes.
Years ago when I was in the Army, I took it upon myself to make sure all my co-workers received a cake for their birthday. I generally paid for most of them out of pocket but I had no issue with that. I was happy to help them celebrate. Most of us didn’t have family nearby, so I wanted it to be special. My best cake memory was when they all go together and bought me a Raggedy Ann cake for my birthday. It made me feel very special.
My Mom made the most Delicious Buttery Pound Cake with Homemade Chocolate Frosting. For the Christmas Holidays, she would put Marshmallow Fluff on it & coat it with Coconut & on top add 2 candy Spearmint leaves & a red hots for the berries. Never any of the cake was ever left. That was my Favorite Baking memory!!
My birthday cakes were always purchased at a local bakery or Super Market, but one year, my middle child, Matthew, baked a coffee cake from a boxed cake mix that was in our pantry. I was so very surprised and overcome by his gift, I cried.
When my granddaughters ages 7 and 5 come in and say “Grandmommy lets bake something” they want to help bake a 9 layer chocolate fudge cake. That would be my favorite as well. I have always enjoyed baking. My first baking experience was making brownies many many years ago. But our favorite would have to be the 9 layer chocolate fudge cake. It’s the most requested cake that I make. Soooo gooood!!!!!
I actually have 2 favorite cake memories.
One is mixing cake in this metal bowl that my mother had. I was 7 or 8 years old. The bowl seemed so large. I now have that bowl, and it seems so small. But use it, I do.
The second memory is at age 16, getting to bake and decorate my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary cake. I was taking decorating lessons at the time, and my instructor helped me use that cake as a way of learning the techniques. It was a 3 tier cake using 16 inch and 6 inch separator plates. What a learning lesson, but an experience I will never forget.
My favorite cake memory was a cake my Mom made called a Tomato Soup Cake. The name does not do anything for the cake, but when my Mom made this delicious spice cake with raisins and lots of cinnamon the house smelt awesome and the cake was her signature cake. Everybody loved it. I have tried to bake the same cake with the same recipe, but it never, ever tastes like Moms. Mom passed away recently and my mouth waters for her cake and my heart for her friendship.
my husband and I trying to make the million dollar cake and it collapsed on us. It went everywhere and we were trying our best to save it and we had it all over us and all over the kitchen. We saved some and learned some lessons. Always let cake cool. And certain cake topppings need to be kept cool.
Growing up we didn’t have much, so desserts were a treat. My mother made a cake called “Poor Man,s Fruit Cake. It was delicious,. I’ve seen recipes for this cake, but they just don’t compare to my Moms.
That would be the birthday cake my mom sent me in Bangkok, Thailand when my husband was stationed there. She made it, decorated it. She then took a picture of it and taped it to the top of the cake box, Put the cake box in a shipping box. Surrounded the cake box with popcorn and shipped it to me through the red cross services. Of course the decoration was squised but I had the picture. It tasted wonderful and I was able to share it with others over there. It was a little piece of home.
Birthday cakes when I was younger…my mom would make white cake from scratch and use boiled white icing..forming all those luscious peaks …yummy yummy.. I can still taste them!!!! <3
Growing up on a farm, and being the baby of twelve children. From cooking to baking, to sewing, everything and I do mean everything my mom did was homemade. I can still here her tell my sister (three older than I), to go to the henhouse to get fresh eggs. We smiled running because we knew it meant bake-goods. I can close my eyes and still smell my homemade gingerbread cakes my mom would bake. I remember after all was said and done, I got to lick the spoon and my sister the bowl. What fun memories those were!
My mother-in-law made the best ice cream cake. It was always requested when someone in the family had a birthday.
My birthday is in the summer and I always had an ice cream cake, which was a real novelty back then.
Before internet pintrest…looong before. I made a chocolate train birthday cake for our sons third birthday. He is 40 now.
He loved IT,
Remembering my mom always making me her Cherry Peek-a-boo cake for my birthday, even when I was in my 40’s! I always loved cherries as a child and still do….many decades later. She passed away almost a year ago, so I plan to make that cake on my birthday later this year.
My mom made the most scrumptious dried apple stack cake that I have yet to master. I am always searching for new cake recipes to use for home, church, and work
my happiest cake memory was last year when I got to make my very 1st grand baby his birthday cake.. I made him a mickey mouse cake from scratch and everyone was amazed and full.. we had cake left over too, but not much, now people want me to start making cakes for them and I need some new cake recipes. also I work at a food pantry and had a client that made me a tomato soup cake, it was the most amazing, moist cake I have ever had…she passed several years ago and I managed to find a recipe for that cake.
There are times when being in the kitchen creating surprises for my family makes me so focused, but so relaxed. There’s nothing like it for giving to others and yourself at the same time. Why are people so much more stressed these days? They aren’t cooking and baking for themselves and others. Better than a pill. Better than yoga. Just better.
My happiest cake memory is the first time my grandmother Pearl showed me how to make her wonderful plain pound cake step by step . I even have her mixing bowl ,measuring spoons, measuring cup and her pound cake pan . So every time I make her pound cake or use any of her items .She is always with me and I remember all the great times we had together. God bless
Making my Great Niece a Barbie Cake and her being amazed by it!
My husband and I had made a birthday cake for our son it was his 5th birthday and money was tight, The cake was decorated with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,. His face was the best
My favorite cake memories involve Bud’s Cake Shop in Akron, Ohio. My employer, Akron City Hospital also served cakes from this store. A friend who was an inspector for the Ohio Department of Health also told me it was the only bakery where he bought cakes.They were the most delicious, moist, fresh cakes I have ever eaten. Banana Nut cakes filled with pineapple or banana fillings and covered in seafoam frosting, deep chocolate cake filled with hand whipped marshmallow cream, topped with thick chocolate frosting, etc. Never found another bakery like it.
We love confetti angel food cake!!!! Best of all…. we don’t cut it…. we just tear into it with our hands (clean of course!!
Trading a favorite cake recipe for the perfect frosting recipe to top it.
Making ice cream cake with my Grandmother. She would make an angel food cake and then we would hand churn the ice cream to be layered between. It was covered with whipped cream (from our own cow) and put in the freezer. I have never had anything as good as that memory and that CAKE!!!
Now that sound yummy exceptional ice cream in it.
My favorite cake memory was a cake that I made for my grandparents on Valentines Day. It was a heart shaped two layer cake. The cake was cherry chip flavored and I made a vanilla buttercream frosting that I added a little red food coloring to along with chopped maraschino cherries. It turned out wonderful and my grandparents were thrilled to receive the cake.
They have both been gone over 30 years now but I still remember the joy that showed on their faces as I presented them with that special Valentine cake.
Learning to make carrot cake, over the years I have perfected the recipe and now I make it for many of my families gatherings. It is our favorite.
As the mother of six now grown children, my best and happiest memories were of their birthday parties. I always made the cake and decorated it with what ever candy they loved. They were always excited and ate every bite. Now I have 16 grand babies and love to bake for them.!
My happiest cake memory was when my Mom, 2 older sisters, and I all got in the kitchen and made a German Chocolate cake for my Grandmothers birthday. She was coming to visit and had a love for chocolate cake. I got to help make the frosting and loved every minute of it. This was the first time I ever got to help bake with them and I felt so grown up.
I made an elephant cake for my oldest sons sixth birthday 49 years ago. Another memory: my children studied French at E.P. Todd elementary school in Spartanburg, SC. Their French teacher Madame Wall sent a recipe home for Bouche de Noel (log cake). Of course I had to make one. Actually made several through the years. Wonderful memories.
It was my 50th birthday. My Sister & my daughter gave me a Surprise Mickey Mouse party. They had a 50th Mickey Cake, it was amazing.
Can never have to many cake recipes. Love my sweets
A surprise Chantilly Cake from Publics Market.
So good. Unbelievable that it is created by a grocery
store.
Yummy.Wish I could receive another surprise like that.
Sandra Beck
Anytime my Mother makes her homemade depression recipe chocolate cake or her homemade pumpkin cake. Both are delectable and make me happy when I have the chance to eat them!
My best cake memory is making my son’s 3rd birthday cake I made him a train I used candy rocks for coal, potato sticks for hay and fondant for boxcars
Every time I make my “naughty” cake and everyone asks for the recipe. It really makes me feel like I’ve made them happy via their stomach!
MY 3RD WEDDING CAKE. IT WAS DDELICIOUS
My memory is my brother who is 1 year older than me.Got me a strawberry whip cream cake. For my 14th birthday.I am 70 now.And still remember it.It was a total surprise. I did not think he even liked me.
My mother knew how much I love blueberries and had a cake especially made for my birthday when I was around 14/15 years old. Beautiful memory was ofher excitement when I cut the cake to find it filled with blueberries.
Making a 3-D panda bear on top of a sheet cake for a baby shower. Oh so cute!
My mother used to make me a heart-shaped cake on my birthday which is a week before Valentine’s Day on Feb. 7th.
Making , sculpting and decorating a Raggedy Ann for my daughter when she was 2 years old.
For me it would have to be the first time I cooked a cake to take to my job. It was a homemade hummingbird cake. everyone raved about it and by the time I went to get me a slice after lunch all that was left what’s the crumbs. and some coworkers wanted to have those as well.
My dad’s favorite cake was an orange chocolate one that was delicious…mom always made it for his birthday. I’ve made it a couple times and now realize why we only got the 3-layer cake once a year….what a pain!
My Mom was a great cook. I learned a lot of what I know now from her, cooking and baking with her. She used to put a Cinderella carriage and horses on my Bday cake that I still have and used on my neices cake and now will get to use on my grand-nieces cake.
Mom would always make me a cherry chip cake with homemade frosting for my birthday. She would even make extra frosting just for me.
My fondest memory of sweets was on my 6th birthday. We lived on a small dairy farm in NW Minnesota. When my mother asked me what kind of cake I would like for my birthday, I asked her if I could have an angel food cake frosted with chocolate frosting and vanilla ice cream. That was the best! Now you have to remember that was 59 years ago.
My mom used to make a wonderful homemade applesauce cake. I believe the recipe came from the back of a can or bottle of applesauce, and the recipe has been long gone. I remember just barely being able to reach the countertop, but breathing in the beautiful apple, cinnamon, and buttery scent. For the last twenty years, she tried every applesauce cake recipe that she came across, but was never able to duplicate the recipe. She passed three years ago, and I continue the quest for the perfect recipe that transported me to my happy place every time she made it.
Making the Bunny cake for Easter.
My best cake memory is a 2fer, my Aunt used to cook a make from scratch oatmeal cake with coconut and pecan icing and this chocolate cake that makes my mouth water just writing about it. As a child from Holiday to Holiday I hung on waiting for those 2 cakes.
Carrot cake is always made for Birthdays, especially for my Dad.
My mom’s crumb cake, made with cream cheese in the batter, brown sugar, cinnamon & butter in the crumbs and baked in a full size roasting pan! Every time I brought it to a “pot luck” at work, everyone loved it! Thanks, mom!
My happiness moments is every Birthday s we knew mom would made confetti angel food cake wth seven minute frosting. That we knew was always the cake. .. Being a Twin mom would make a blue light frosting for Deborah and for me Darlene the icing would be light pink. That was the colors mom would dress us in too always..When we where 3 a big party was plan. Mom made the two cakes and set them up on the counterand thought nothing of it. Well all was quiet from us girls and when she went looking for us.. yes.. here we where with both hands in the cakes. One chair pulled up to the counter with one twin and the same with the other.mom was so upset but the neighbor lady had inform my mom..Who’s birthdays was it anyways???? They both had a good laugh i am sure. We both still lovr angel food cake and fix them for birthdays.
Every year for my birthday, from the age of 8 – 16…our housemate would make my favorite cake…an old fashion caramel cake from scratch…I was devasted when she got married and moved out of the area.
My grandson loved to ride the school bus on field trips I would drive so on his 4th birthday I made him a cake that looked like a school bus.
It my happiest now but at the time it was my most memorable cake memory ever. I made a purple figment cake . ( purple dragon) for my godson for his birthday. I put it on the front seat to watch it to make sure it got there in one piece, I put a lot of time into making it. My son was in the back seat, when I undid his seatbelt him being excited about the birthday party jumped over the front seat right into the cake. Took out half of the cake . Lol it was memorable for everyone .
My favoritecwas when I was about 5 years old. My grandmother had a marble cske for her birthday. I kept watching and waiting for the marbles tovroll out the cake as it was cut!
My favorite cake memory was when I was about seven. Mom was running a carnival at our school and it was my youngest brothers birhday. Mom gave me a dime and told me to choose what I wanted. I did the cake walk and won my brother a birthday cake. I was so proud. Thinking I was helping my mom so she wouldn’ t have to go home and still bake him a cake.
One year, after my children had grown up and I lived alone, I was certainly not expecting a cake on my birthday. Lo and behold the people at work made me a cake, my friend made me a cake, and my neighbor made me a cake. Three cakes all on the same day! I felt wonderful about that.
My happiest cake memory occurred just this past April.
My son and I stumbled upon a great little church. We loved going and went to every event and party they had.
In April, we had an Easter celebration. There was more food and desserts than you could imagine.
All at once I saw the most beautiful bunny shapped cake. It had what looked like colored shredded coconut on it decorating it to look like a fuzzy pastel bunny. I don’t like coconut, but I was drawn to its loveliness. Imagine my joy when I took a little bite and found out it was shredded pastel and white CHOCOLATE. It tasted even better than it looked.
My mom turned 99 this past October. So I made her a rainbow shaped cake that was pink, yellow and green with multi colored icing and colorful sprinkles. She loved it. But my happy memory was she asked me what kind of cake I would bake for her 100th birthday !
My favorite cake memory was when I was a child when I would visit my friend’s house and her mother would have the most beautiful cake of green-colored fluffy icing on a white angel food cake. I didn’t have cakes at my house. The angel food cake was light and white and fluffy, too 🙂
My happiest cake memory is with out a doubt from my mom, she always made me and my brothers and sisters our favourite cakes for our birthday and man could she bake a mean cake! My cake was always a double chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. My brothers and sisters are all older so they would try to wake up before anyone could catch them ,they would wake each other up and try to be so quiet. Well my mom got off work too hours early and nobody knew . So that morning I was turning nine my mom snuck in my room and woke me up to help ha! And nobody knew you should have seen the looks on their faces when they snuck down and saw us already at the table eating cake it was price less i ‘ll never forget it she was the best and knew all the tricks we got them but good!
A dear elderly lady that I helped with her banking always made my favorite cake….Carmel cake. She passed away last year.
My favorite memories was when my husband ask me to make him a sour cream pound cake for his birthday. I was wondering if I could do it, cause I never make one before. So I find the recipe in a old cookbook my mother gave me. He love the cake and that was 25 years ago and next month we will be married 43 years..
Making my first cake from scratch…a Lazy Daisy Cake. I was seven years old with my grandmother encouraging me! I still love making cakes from scratch and sharing cake recipes!
My favorite cake memory, was my wedding cake, which my mother made, who also package, froze, and sent to us in Germany for our 1st anniversary. I also have enjoyed making cakes for other people’s weddings.
Baking with my daughter !!
My sister and I making my son’s wedding cake. It was over 90* outside and my sister only had a window air conditioner in the living room. It was a long hot week, but when it was all over, the cakes we made were beautiful and delicious.
My first ice cream cake was magical moment for me
My happiest and cake memory is the cake my father-in-law (Pastry chef and bakery owner) made for my wife and I for our wedding day. The cake was a true masterpiece and one of a kind and we will cherish this the rest of our lives since he has since passed away.
When I was around nine years old my mother let me bake my dad a birthday cake. He loved spice cake with raisins. I went to work and mixed up the cake and baked it. Found a frosting recipe and got it all decorated. I was so proud of it and excited. Talked my mom into giving the neighbors a piece and before I new it most of the cake was gone before my dad even saw it. Was the best spice cake I ever made. Today every time I make a spice cake remember the one I baked for my dad.
My grandma always made a white layer cake with powdered sugar icing with sliced bananas between and on top. This was also our favorite birthday cake. I am now 79 and still have this for my birthday. When my brother married, his wife made him a banana cake (she put mashed bananas into the cake). He let her know that this was not the kind of cake he wanted. She never made that mistake again.
my favorite cake was the homemade carrot cake my mommy made when I was a kid
My favorite memory is a chocolate cake with a brown sugar icing that you could tap your fingernail on. It was not a soft and creamy — almost like a candy that my aunt made for special occasions. Sadly, I did not get the recipe before she passed away.
My favorite cake memory is when my Aunt made my cousin and I twin “Barbie” Gown cakes, yes I’m dating myself here that was over 40 years ago. She baked a bunt cake and inverted it then placed a Barbie doll in the hole and decorated the cake and her torso like a ball gown. They were wonderful. We enjoyed our combined birthday parties that year by having all our friends together.
The first birthday cake I ever baked for someone. Coconut Lemon Cream
My 5 th birthday. ( being 71 now) My mother chrocheted a dolls dress. My dad was a chief in New Orleans b 4 he met my mother. He had a dome pan. When My mother fineshed the dress for a picture doll ( they are about 4 – 5 inches tall with eyes that close. very popular back in the 40 ‘ and 50’s. He put the dress on the doll and iced the chocolate mayo cake with the same colors and design’s as the dress mother made. the mayo cake was my grandmothers recipe. She and dad always used mayo instead of eggs. All of us girls have tried to duplicate her cake to no avail until one day I found a recipe a box of devils food cake mix by Duncan Hines had a recipe on the box. You added a cup of mayo, 6 eggs and the rest of the remaining items. The cake turned out to taste just like Grandma’s . I took it to the family reunion. over 300 people where there. everyone ranted about it. Eighter they got a peace or they wanted the recipe as all my aunts and Uncles said it was Grandmama’s recipe. I never gave anyone the recipe. I just smiled and excepted the praise lol I did make her fudge icing.
My favorite cake memory was when I was around 7 years old. My older brother & I went over to my grandmother’s house (she live 6 miles away so he pumped me on his bike handlebars to get there).
Grandmother made us a scratch cake with homemade 7 minute frosting. While it was in the oven, it fell badly. When she took it out, it looked terrible. Well, she made the day!! She dumped it into a huge bowl and stirred in the frosting and mixed it up. That was the very best cake I ever had. This was way back in the early 1950’s when most everything was done by hand. Fantastic & never better.
My favorite cake memory? Just before leaving home and moving into my own apartment asking my Mom to teach me how she made her cakes taste so much better than anyone else. I had been to many birthday parties over the years and tasted a lot of cakes. My Dad was in the military when I was young and we had traveled a lot both in the US and overseas. It didn’t seem to matter if a cake was store bought or made by someone else’s mother my Mom had them all beat. So before I moved away she showed me how to bake a cake her way. Yes she changed the ingredients a bit from the recipes in her cook books. But the most important thing she taught me about why her cakes tasted better? Because she made them with the most secret ingredient of all.. My Mom made her cakes with all the love she had for her family beat into them.
That’s what I do to this day, put all the love I have for her and all my family into every cake I make. Somehow it doesn’t seem to matter if my cakes are crooked or lopsided they taste just like Mom used to make. I miss her.
My favorite cake memory is of the ice water chocolate cake my mom used to make. It was always made as a two layer cake, with chocolate frosting. It was always moist. Hen I could I would sneak a piece for breakfast too. It makes my mouth water just to think of it.
My grandmother was a wonderful baker and I remember a lemon cake she made in her
special star shaped cake pan
My favorite memories are baking cakes with my grand girls!
My Dad liked yellow cake with cooked vanilla icing then covered with ground fresh coconut. One time Mom’s cake fell in the center, cracked on top, but she iced it anyway. Dad insisted she serve the cake at lunch..best cake!!
I was about 10 years old when a baked my first cake. I colored the cake mix green, the frosting was red and put chocolate chips in the batter and on top.
it looked funny, but in a couple of days, myself and parents enjoyed the cake. my parents were surprised i could do it myself ??
My 16th birthday cake my mom made for me
A cheesecake made for my fiancé for valentine’s day years ago=)
My happiest cake moment was watching my severe autistic son with his first year birthday cake. I made a small one just for him. He would reach his hand out to touch the cake and than pull his hand back and then touch it again.I guess the feel of the icing felt strange to him and he started laughing and hit the cake and laugh even harder. He finally put the fingers in his mouth and his eyes got big and he then starting grabbing handful of cake and eating it. He was covered with icing but it gave me so much pleasure to watch him as he discovered a new experience.
I have to mention 2 favorite cake memories. Of course, for obvious reasons, my wedding cake is a very fond memory. The top of my list though is the cake I would make from scratch every year just so my mom could have her 1 annual piece of cake. Now that she’s gone, I remember it fondly every Christmas and understand that it wasn’t too much trouble to make her happy.
When I baked the cake for my sons wedding and all the birthday caked i made for my kids and my grandchildren.
My happiest cake memory was my wedding cake. I had it specialty made for me . It was a 3 layer Almond cake with raspberry filling and a Marzipan icing. It was a gorgeous cake and so yummy.
My happiest cake memory is when my sister and I were old enough to help mother decorate the annual princess castle cake for our little sister. It was a birthday tradition that went on for many years. My sister and I would break the Hershey bars to make drawbridges and walkways, carefully place melt-away mints in pastel colors as stone work… but the best was rolling the sugar ice cream cones in the homemade frosting… not quite marshmallow and not quite divinity… then sprinkling them in pink sugar to create the turrets. My little sister has been gone for many years yet the memory of her joy will forever be an unmatched treasure.
Pink Champaign cake from Guggy’s restaurant for my birthday. Best cake memory ever!
Happiest cake memory was when my daughter was eight and she made her very first cake all by herself. It wasn’t the prettiest chocolate cake but because it was baked with love it was the best tasting cake I had ever had. She was so proud of her first cake. She is now 27 and her cakes look great and still have her secret ingredient…love!
My mom found this recipe for a cake, it took a month to make it. She would add ingredients to this huge jar she sat on the counter. The whole house stunk that month. It was the best cake I have ever tasted in my life, no lie.
The best memories are from starting to smell the aroma coming out of the oven!
Every year my mom would bake and decorate my birthday cake. I was the only one that wanted cake. My dad and brother loved chocolate chip cookies. My favorite was a hot air balloon, so detailed. I used to go though all of her Wilton cake books and pick the best one. I wish I had a third of her talent, I can barely get the frosting on properly.
My favorite cake was my Mother’s Peanut Butter Cake. It was so good. Wish she was still hear to make it again.
I always make special cakes for my boys on their birthday. I love seeing the looks on their little faces when they see what I make special for them. I get to have unforgettable cake moments 3 times a year. Each moment is better than the last.
My favorite cake was a mayonise cake with seafoam icing that my Mother would make me for my birthday. I grew up in WV and money was not plentiful so when we got any kind of cake it was a special occasion.
My son made our 50th anniversary cake and used the cake topper from our wedding from 1962. It not only was beautiful but taste wonderful.
Favorite cake memory is of Chocolate Fudge Cake my Mother would make for me.
Making a cake for the first time with my little girl. Standing on a stool helping me we had cake mix and icing every where but it was beautiful (she ran the mixer for me she was 4 )
THe hot milk sponge cake for my birthday. Of course Mom would issue a warning – no running in the kitchen while the cake is baking. This might cause the cake to fall.
My happiest memory is of a cake my Mother made when I was very young. It was during the second World War, eggs and butter were at a premium, my Mother made what she called the Depression Cake or the Poor Man’s Cake. My younger sister and I were so happy when ever she made it. The house smelled so good, like a holiday. Because you boiled raisins and spices first, it perfumed the entire house. I found a recipe similar to the one my Mother used. When ever I make it, it reminds me of HER. A wonderful Mother and Friend to my sister and I.
I share a birthday with two siblings which in so special One is my twin sister and we were born on my brother’s second birthday. The best cake ever was on our 16th and 18th birthdays. It was a huge sheet cake beautifully decorated half in blue and the other half in pink.
Helping my mother while she baked the best cakes in the world.
I will always remember the wedding cake my mom handmade for my husband and me. It was the most beautiful and delicious cake we have ever had. <3
My Nana’s flourless chocolate cake for Passover.
My happiest cake memory was being surprised on my birthday with a beautiful white cake with white frosting and lovely pink roses!
My best cake moments was when I first made my own cake at school back in 2000. I was not even familiar with baking. I was a sponge cake and I decorated it with butter cream and I wrote on top Love you mum. I gave it to her and she was so happy. From there on I never looked back on baking cakes,I now make cakes for my family.
My best cake memory is from when my sister-in-law and I took a cake decoding class at a local department store. I made one layer, cut it in half, cut a bite out of it and decorated it like a slice of watermelon. The instructor was not amused as it did not require further purchase of a specialty pan, but we laughed about how much fun it was to decorate and eat that cake. We still joke about whether or not Lawanda would approve.
My favorite cake was any one my Mother made for my birthday. She would decorate it for Halloween because that is my birthday.
Mom was always making a desert for after dinner. Simple as it is, my favorite memory is the angel food cake with whipped cream and pineapples. She sliced it crossway making 2 layers with pineapples and whipped cream in the center. Then iced the whole cake with the shipped cream and pineapples. Loved it!
My favorite cake memory was on Christmas Eve about 20 years ago. I was supposed to go to my daughter’s house on Christmas day. Her birthday is Christmas Eve and I always make a Hummingbird Cake for her. I was in the middle of baking the cake and my daughter called me begging me to come to her house that day instead of waiting. I rushed the cake and didn’t let it cool properly. Well, the cake crumbled. I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my punch bowl. I scraped the entire cake into it. I have a picture of my daughter holding the punch bowl eating her birthday cake.
My happiest cake memory is getting to pick out the flavors of cake and frosting for my birthday cake each year. My mom would let me “help” her make it and sometimes frost it, although she usually smoothed over the lumpy frosting job a bit ! My grandma often made me a second cake to have at her house, so it was double the memories.
The best birthday cake was when I was a little girl. Mom took my Barbie doll and made a cake skirt. She was beautiful and I didn’t want anyone to eat the cake. But we did and the memory is vivid and makes me smile. Thanks for the memory!
MY HAPPIEST TIMES WERE WHEN I MADE MY KIDS FAVORITE CAKE, STARTING FROM SCRATCH EACH TIME I MADE A CAKE, LOVED TO SEE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES, THEY LOVED THESE CAKES, AND I WOULD TAKE A PICTURE OF EACH ONE WITH THE ONE WHO HAD A BIRTHDAY. MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN, WITH KIDS OF THEIR OWN, WHEN I GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE A CAKE, I KIND OF GIGGLE INSIDE.
Favorite cake memories are the “fancy” birthday cakes my mom made when I was growing up. By today’s standards they wouldn’t be classified as fancy. She always made our birthday cakes when we are little. No store bought for us. We didn’t have a lot of money, but they made us feel special.
Shortly after my husband and I were married, we were at my mother-in-laws baking a cake. When I pulled it out of the oven and tried to turn it out of the pan, it broke up into many pieces. I was devastated but my sweet mother-in-law didn’t miss a beat. She said that it was okay, now we would make an ugly cake. We put the pieces in a bowl and she made up a batch of chocolate fudge and poured over it. It was the best. When my husband came in and we presented the cake to him, she looked at me and winked. It was our secret…but we still make ugly cake to this day. Such sweet memories
When I was a child one year Santa got me an Easy Bake Oven. I made lots of cakes in that little oven. My mom, seeing the joy I had making all those little cakes, turned me loose in the kitchen to bake anything I wanted. I soon learned that baking was relaxing and that it was so much fun to surprise others with my baking goodies. My best memories were at family reunions and our church fellowship times when everyone would ask what I brought. The joy and love of baking and sharing continues today!
My favorite would have to be helping my mom when I was little make 7-up cake. We would get to have the leftover 7-up and pineapple. It was fun to run the mixer and watch it all come together. Helping my mom when I was little gave me the love for baking and the wonderful memories I have today.
My happiest cake was when my mom tried to put together a beautiful 5 layer cake.for my birthday. Once completed, it was beautiful for about 30 min. then the layers started sliding every which way. Nothing she tried would stop it from sliding. We all enjoyed it, because even though it was a mess it was the best tasting cake she every made. . .
My happiest cake memory came when I was 15. My grandmother was very sick. She was the one who had started me and my love of cooking. The entire family had gotten together to celebrate what we knew was to be her last Christmas. She got out of bed and spent time just with me and baked a cake. I honestly don’t even remember the type of cake, just the time with her. I still have one of her cake pans. It is one of my most treasured possessions. I am 45 now, it’s been a few years since that Christmas. It is one of my favorite memories. She was quite a lady.
My favorite was from scratch chocolate cake with homemade chocolate fudge frosting. Hmm. A close second would be her date cake with chocolate frosting. Do you a trend here?
My favorite was from scratch chocolate cake with homemade chocolate fudge frosting. Hmm. A close second would be her date cake with chocolate frosting. Do you sense a trend here?
I get to travel to Colorado for my grandkids’ birthdays. I get to make their cakes. Sooooo much fun!
My father drove an 18 wheeler truck. My son loved the truck, and his papa. For his birthday one year, I made an 18 wheeler cake. The body was easy. The cab took a couple of different sizes. I used mini chocolate donuts for the wheels. They all loved it!!
My favorite cake memory was from 65 years ago, while in the first grade, my mom always packed me a lunch and sent it to school with me in a metal lunch box. I loved it when she put “tomato soup cake” in my lunch box. All the other kids gathered around me and couldn’t believe that it had tomato soup in it and they all wanted a taste. It was so fun.
My happiest cake memory was watching my mom decorate cakes. She had tremors in her hands, but she made the most beautiful frosting roses I’ve ever seen.
Making homemade carrot cakes to raise money for my daughters mission trips. Knowing my mom taught me how to bake and that enabled me to help my daughter.
When I was a little girl and my family would go out to my grandparent’s farm. We would help grandpa in the field, feeding livestock or gathering eggs until dinner time. For dessert Grandma would bake the best German Chocolate Cake and if we were really good, we got to have vanilla ice cream with it. To this day I think she made the best homemade German Chocolate Cake!
I was happy when my mom made her delicious coffee walnut cake. The cake had 2 coffee filled layers and 2 walnut filled layers and was made using 12 eggs. While she mixed the batter, I was busy greasing the cake pans and grinding up walnuts for her. I always hoped we didn’t have any visitors that day to help us eat the cake so that there would be more pieces for us. I still make that cake to this day.
When I was young I loved to make cakes. From scratch.
At age ten I made my first complete meal for my family. For dessert I fixed a chocolate cake and made my own frosting. It turned out bright green. And I mean bright! But everyone loved the cake, although they teased me about the color.
It is a very fond memory. I don’t remember what I fixed for the rest of the meal, but I sure remember that cake! The positive response helped me want to do more cooking/baking. Sixty years later I still love it.
My fondest cake memory was making my first strawberry shortcake; fresh strawberries picked from my grandfathers’ garden and making the angel food cake with my grandmother. There is nothing better than your first accomplishment in the kitchen and tasting how delicious the fresh ingredients were back then.
My favorite memory is making the Saunders bumpy cake for my dad, I loved him so much and he was taken to heaven to early, Hope there is bumpy cake in heaven.
My favorite memory was picking out a musical (birthday song) figurine for my Grandma, then getting to wind it up and put it on my Grandma’s birthday cake that I helped make when I was a little girl.
My happiest birthday cake memory was when I turned 16, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party, picking me up in the same car that had the cake in the trunk. The cake was a beautiful, chocolate cake with beautiful flowers on it. The cake had a delicious filling inside of the cake that complemented the rich fluffy frosting! How they got that huge cake inside without me seeing them sneak it in when everyone yelled surprise! I’ll never know. I am 70 years old and I will never forget that wonderful birthday!
The best wedding I ever made was from my wedding. It was handmade by a friend of the family. It was the moistest cake I ever ate.
My Aunt Doris taught me how to bake my first cake and it has been a very pleasant memory for 40 years. It was a marble cake and I have been baking ever since. I thank her often for that lesson and am very grateful to her.
My best cake memory is the chocolate cake my mom made. Every Christmas she would make this cake and it was like a slice of Heaven. My mom passed away several years ago and to this day when I eat this cake made from her recipe I can almost feel like she is there with me.
When I was young I loved mom’s Japanese Fruit Cake. I still love it. It’s not like a regular fruit cake.
My happiest cake memory was when I was about 15 and made a cake from a recipe that was on the cover of the Seventeen Magazine and it was the Valentine issue.
The cake was chocolate with chocolate icing and it was the best cake ever.
That was 40 years ago and I still have that magazine and I’ve made that cake so many times since then and it has never turned out as well as it did then.
I remember adding a Hershey Candy Bar or two to the cake and/or icing or both.
I don’t know if the cake was so good because I made a cake from the cover of my favorite magazine, at the time, and it turned out looking and tasting like I wanted it to from the cover or if it was just because I was so young. But I have never had a cake that tasted as awesome as that one and I’ve tried probably thousands of chocolate cake recipes since then. I did learn to write down any changes to a recipe I may change at the time I do it, or it may never turn out the same. After moving away from my home town, I also learned that you don’t always have the same brand of ingredients. Looking back I realize there are so many variables that can change a recipe ingrdients and even the equipment we use has changed. I think this memory will be one I tell when I’m 106 years old, when I will not remember anyones name, but will remember that cake I baked at 15. Now I’m going to have to look at the date on the magazine to see how old I was when I baked that cake, I could have been younger……see why you have to write things down…..
when my daughter makes me her german chocolate cake. she make everything from scratch. it is soooo good.
My grandma’s rich luscious salad dressing cake
Growing up my Mom would make a cake from scratch and when it was done we would eat it while it was warm with butter on it. That was better than icing any day.
My wedding cake!
This is a family memory. Apparently my mom made really delicious chocolate cakes because I sure tore into one when I was a little girl. My parents let me out of their sight by accident one afternoon out in the yard. I sneaked into the house and dug my fingers deep into that cake. I’d eat and walk into our kitchen to wipe my hands on the dish towels. According to “legend,” I made numerous trips until I left a trail of crumbs from “the crime scene” into the kitchen. When my dad found me, my face was coated in cake & icing. I had rubbed my fingers all over my dress trying to clean my hands and there was no part of that layer cake left in tact! I had a great time! I am now 53 years old and I have been teased throughout the years about how much I love chocolate. They are absolutely correct! Chocolate is my favorite treat by far!!!
my memory cake when my customer is saying that they love my cake ever especially the ube cake and black forest cos it is really super yummy…
Many, many years ago I made 2 cakes for my boyfriend the weekend of Valentines Day. One was for his birthday and the other for Valentines Day. We married about 6 months later. 🙂 <3
My favorite calke memory is my soon to be mother-in-law’s 3 layer golden cake with caramel icing. It was her way to say welcome to my new family..
My Great Grandmother’s “Strawberry Slip ‘n’ Slide Cake” (meringue cake with macerated strawberries and whipped cream) has always been my favorite, thanks to my father. No one ever has to ask what dessert to make for our family functions! It was also the first cake I made which inspired me to explore my love for baking. Thanks Maw Maw! 🙂
My favorite memory is making a bunny cake with my granddaughter about 10 years ago. We make one every Easter now.