u/Crafty_Statement8605 — reddlx

Copycat Publix Marsala nut cake

What I did: white cake (torte 2 layers to make 4) filled with Bavarian cream. Mixed chopped maraschino cherries and chopped up Hershey chocolate bar into the Bavarian cream. Cake soak of marsala simple syrup. Top and sides are whipped cream. Toasted sliced almonds on the side and stripes of cocoa power on the top. (I did a white cake to use the leftover egg whites from the Bavarian cream.)

Cake: https://sugarspunrun.com/the-best-white-cake-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-13187

Bavarian cream: https://www.billyparisi.com/bavarian-cream/#recipe

Simple syrup: heat one cup water to almost boiling. Turn off heat and mix in 1 cup sugar. Cool. Cake soak: 1 part Marsala wine to 2 parts simple syrup.

Whipped cream is however you like to make it. I used 2 cups heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla were measured with my heart, and I like to stabilize it with 1 tablespoon powdered milk for each cup heavy cream I use. It was the right amount to cover the cake.

u/Crafty_Statement8605 — 8 days ago

▲ 9 r/UnusualInstruments

Advice on choosing Chinese wind instruments to learn

I’ve been looking into learning to play the hulusi, bawu, and dizi. Any advice on the best one to start with? Are they different enough to get all of them eventually, or would getting a bawu and hulusi be getting pretty much the same thing since it looks like you can pull the hulusi apart and play like a bawu? If I should get a bawu, is transverse or vertical a better choice? Is there a different instrument I should consider instead of or in addition to these? I don’t have much experience with this type of instrument (I can play ocarina, tin whistle, and recorder), so any advice is much appreciated.

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u/Crafty_Statement8605 — 2 months ago

▲ 7 r/Luthier

Help fixing ukelins

I bought a bunch of old instruments in a bundle and it included 2 ukelins. (I think they’re both ukelins?) Both have cracks down the back and one has a crack in the front, but what I’m wondering if I can fix is the separation on the bottoms of both and the top of one from I’m guessing the string tension. Can I loosen the stings and clamp the wood back in place? I have spool clamps and titebond III wood glue from when I made a nerdy gurdy and nerdy harpa. Would that work? I just don’t want it to come apart again or explode when I tune it. Since it looks like I could probably get a ukelin that is in playable shape for around $100, I don’t really want to pay someone to fix it. Any other advice or comments welcome. Thanks!

u/Crafty_Statement8605 — 3 months ago