Horchata cake
Cakes
Mexican cuisine
These past few days have been quite leisure. The emails have slowed. The deadlines have been met and everyone seems to be winding down for the holiday season. I am completely ready. I have been chilling in sweats and watching episodes of The View and The Great Holiday Baking Show while I bake the day away. I’ve already kinda made enough content for the month of December so these past few days have just been things I’ve wanted to bake. And this horchata cake was on that list! I thought about it long and hard because the big question has always been: How do I get it taste like horchata…? Initially I made horchata and incorporated it into the cake batter and you know what? It wasn’t worth the extra step. I couldn’t taste it. And I liked the cake with regular milk better. The texture is better. SO, instead I added some cinnamon to the cake batter and added some almond meal to give it a bit of texture. It worked out great! I then concentrated my efforts on the frosting. I went to Guisados (if you live in LA, you’re probably/ hopefully very familiar!) to get some of …
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