Reviews for Sky High

The average rating for Sky High based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-13 00:00:00 Sean Clarkin I don't know if it's fair to rate and review a cookbook if you haven't made everything from it, so instead I'm going to use this as a running log of everything I've baked in here and update it as I go, most recent first. Next in baking queue: Key west cake with mango mousse and ginger-lime creme Mocha cake with espresso drizzle: We made several adaptations to this cake. Cut the sugar down by 2/3 cup. Added about 1/2 tsp of salt to the mocha drizzle - without it, it's way too sweet and the espresso flavor isn't evident. Chose to decorate with raspberries (the sharpness was a great addition). With these changes, we highly enjoyed - cake was simple but delicious (almost like a brownie), and the mocha drizzle (which you wanted on every bite) helped it pop without making it overwhelming. Like the banana spice chocolate chip cake, I would classify this as an "everyday" triple layer cake, as well as one more likely to use ingredients you already have on hand. Banana spice chocolate chip cake with caramel drizzle and cream: Thoroughly delicious. Like a rich spice banana bread drowning in cream and caramel. Probably the easiest cake in the book so far - an "everyday" triple layer cake, if such a thing exists. 50% of the eaters of the cake agreed the chocolate chips could have been left out. Sweet potato cake with orange creme filling and cream cheese frosting: I substituted squash for the sweet potatoes which was a good lesson in "why we don't adapt recipes until you've tried it as written at least once." Still worked and was enjoyed, but was dryer with a more cloying texture than I wanted. Definitely do not skimp on the orange creme filling - it sounds odd but it's one of the most distinctive and delicious parts of the cake. Sour cream-chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and chocolate-peanut butter glaze: Like every other reviewer here, this was, hands down, my favorite recipe (and what introduced me to the book - I found an adaptation (hardly - really it's just this book typed online) through the Smitten Kitchen Blog). Which isn't surprising considering the recipe is essentially peanut butter. SO rich - easily overwhelming on the palette and yet you can't stop eating.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-06-11 00:00:00 Jeff Pare Favorite cake book. I love all the recipes I've tried...but nothing tops the chocolate peanut butter cake! to DIE for!!