Sour Cream Coffee Cake June 1, 2008

Here is the story, I wanted to bake something different from cupcakes and had excess sour cream sitting in my fridge so I decided to bake a Sour Cream Cake and searched on tastespotting for a recipe. I found this. It looked easy and all the ingredients were just sitting in my kitchen. So today, with high hopes I baked it. First of all to begin with, looking at the recipe closely, it said coffee but there is no coffee anywhere under the ingredients list which puzzled me big time. I even went to the website of the originial recipe and sure enough no coffee! So why is it called a Sour Cream Coffee Cake? Second I did not have one of those tube pans and had no wish to go out to the shops to purchase one just so I could make use of my sour cream. I should have known. Using a normal springform pan, it took a long time to cook. 15 more minutes to be exact. And the result, extremely moist, densed and sponged-like. It wasn’t very sweet and the streusel on top of the cake made a very nice crust. I didn’t like the cake itself though. I thought it was too bland. I have never tried a Sour Cream (Coffee) Cake in my life but is this what is supposed to be like?

Anyhow recipe and more pictures after the jump.

Prime Burger April 5, 2008

Prime Burger located on 5 East 51st Street is famous for their Coconut Layer Cake. This was recommended by Time Out New York. I love coconut and the thought of a cake filled with cream cheese icing and coconut sounded pure heaven to me. So I happily trotted up and into the restaurant. Walking in I instantly felt like I was transported back to the 60s. The decorations were brown and old-looking.

Anyhow getting back to my sole reason for coming to Prime Burger. Their Coconut Layer Cake.

It was so sweet I was so tempted to down a gallon of salt water. It was also so sweet, I did more than just cringe, I gritted my teeth and actually found it difficult to breathe. After I finished I could not wait to get out of this place but was on a sugar high. I quickly down two bottles of water which cleaned out the sweetness in my mouth, much to my relief.