Looking for a good, plain yellow cake recipe

[ali]

Hi -

My son turns six on Saturday, 1st of March... and he wants a jello cake. Does anyone know of a good yellow cake recipe that can be baked in layers and withstand having jello poured over it? The jello does set up, but the cake would be moist for a few hours while it cools in the fridge...

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
ali
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[cruelshoes]

I've used this one with good success: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Gluten-Free-Yellow-Cake/Detail.aspx. But I haven't tried the jello cake thing, so you might want to give that a dry run before your son's birthday.

TEC and Mrs. P are our resident cake experts, so they may chime in with other recommendations.
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[ostrich]

Interesting. I've been wondering about this myself recently while making brownies for work. I've never used mayo in a cake recipe before. Is it for the texture, or flavor? Or both?

Just FYI, one of the comments below the recipe states you can sub out 1/2 cup of sugar for 1 box (large box?) of Jello powder.
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[mrsppmrxky]

I like to use Analise Roberts Yellow Cake mix. I have a huge order today, so I can not send it to you today. If you PM me a reminder, I will try to type it up and send it back to you. It is from her cookbook.


Her vanilla cupcake recipe is here http://www.foodphilosopher.com/assets/docs/recarchall.cfm you might want to double it for the desired amount of cake. (I am not sure about the jello though. I have never made that kind of cake since going GF.....It was not one of my family faves.)

Os, the mayo in the cake adds a lot of moistness. It acts as an oil and more eggs. If you go with the mayo, I promise you will not be able to taste it if you use MAYONAISE and not Salad Dressing.

My DD in Germany used to make a Mayonaise Chocolate cake it and was ssooooooo good!
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[ostrich]

Thanks MrsP! I was just kinda leery. I'm not a big fan of mayo, and mayo + eggs + sugar = a ton of fat.
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[ali]

Just wanted to say a quick thank you for the suggestions - I tried the three recipes mentioned (made half batches and did cupcakes;only poured the jello on a couple from each type). None of them really held up well, though I think if I used a drizzle of jello instead of the full amount, it would work better.

However - they all made great plain cupcakes! I guess I'll make a boston creme pie instead, which is his 2nd favorite cake. =)

Thanks again! I appreciate it!

ali
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