Anyone Have a Root-Beer Cake Recipe?
Root Beer is not a common flavor here so I was anticipating my cake made with hoarded cans of root beer! Searching on-line the recipes were EXACTLY THE SAME down to the amount of Chocolate! But I baked one and was SOOOO disappointed, it didn't taste like root beer at all-just chocolate. Does anyone have a recipe that tastes like root beer to share? Thanks.
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But i'm eager to try the root beer floats, have to find the root beer first...
Alternatively you can boil down your precious cans of root beer to make your own.
But I hadn't thought of making my own syrup so that's a good thought, thanks.
If you want something to taste of root beer, try making your own recipe using root beer extract or sarsaparilla (related to root beer).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarsaparilla_(soft_drink)
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Let's not forget that the Japanese stuff is typically less sweet than the American stuff. Chocolate is basically cocoa and sugar so the less sweet stuff (percentage wise) has the balance filled with cocoa. America's Test Kitchen has repeatedly pointed this out.
Moreover, a lot of the Japanese consumer expectations are higher to begin with. The superiority of Japanese KitKat bars over American KitKat bars is well known (and has existed for decades). As a resident of Japan, you should be well aware that Japanese Western-style patisseries will blow doors over the typical American bakery in terms of selection, execution, aesthetics, and overall quality.