Comments on: 12-Layer Cake. Because It’s Christmas, and You Have People to Impress.

By: jana

jana — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:05:43 +0000

hey this recipe sounds amazing. But how do you get the cake from off the rack onto a plate once you've iced it? Is that not a precarious undertaking? Any tips?

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:13:16 +0000

I have made a 14 layer gluten free cake of this type, using Pamela's cake mix.

By: peggie

peggie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:09:44 +0000

I do these old fashioned cakes also. They are also very pretty made square. I sometimes do 8 layers instead of 12. The cake top fits over it much better. My Grandmother use to make a cake like this and used a cooked lemon cheese icing to pore over the layers. A wonderful cake also….Of course no one can do them like our Grandmothers. peggie

By: Gouldini

Gouldini — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:26:14 +0000

Oh sweet Jesus! My paternal grandmother used to make these when I was a child and there was nothing better than a slice of this with an 8-oz. Coke! (Thank God I am genetically predisposed to being of reasonable height and weight, because my childhood eating habits would have caused me to waddle otherwise!) Sadly, Grandmother Smithie took her recipe to the grave. A few years ago, I found "her" cake in a little restaurant in Georgetown, SC along with a caramel variety . . . the first bite brought tears of joy and remembrance to my eyes. As Fate would have it, the restaurant closed shortly after my discovery, and my figure remains intact despite the fact that my sweet tooth mourns its passing! My daughter is a great baker, so I think I will ask her to try making this before she goes away to college this fall.

Thanks so much for sharing the recipe and the story about its history. Smithie would have loved to have known that history as she was quite the raconteur!

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A Food Coma » News » Tag, you’re it! (and other reindeer games) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:54:43 +0000

[...] Ezra Pound Cake – Reading this blog is like getting a big smack in the face with the envy stick. Maybe I’m being dramatic again, but it’s a highly entertaining read, accompanied by great photography. I really just want to be a guest in this kitchen and have the author cook desserts for me (like her recently posted old fashioned 12-layer cake). [...]

By: Gretchen Noelle

Gretchen Noelle — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:19:19 +0000

What a terribly fun idea! 12 layers?!! Impressive!

By: brilynn

brilynn — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:02:08 +0000

12 layers = definitely impressed!

Nice!

By: Prudent Homemaker

Prudent Homemaker — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:19:50 +0000

Have you ever watched Rolie Polie Olie (before the Disney Channel dumped it without warning a few years back?) Olie’s mom used to make a chocolate cake up to the ceiling. Every layer had polka dots(and was about 3 layers thick, and she has 22 of them–something like 66 layers high). My son wanted one JUST LIKE IT for his birthday. No exceptions. I made it as tall as I could. Afterwards, my Brother-in-law said I could have cheated it up with stryofoam layers on the bottom, with icing. I figured I cheated enough by using m&ms for the polka dots . . .

By: Elizabeth - Cake or Death?

Elizabeth - Cake or Death? — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:08:31 +0000

Baking twelve individual layers? You, miss, are a more devoted baker than I. This looks amazing.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:31:47 +0000

12 LAYERS!!!! I am impressed. I thought I did well to put up four layers. Fantastic.