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Powdered cream for shelf-stable cooking — sauces, baking, camping
Achievable elevated desserts — laminated doughs, cakes, custards
Aluminum-free baking powder — no metallic taste in baked goods
Grade A bourbon vanilla beans for custards, ice cream, extracts
Science-driven American baking — cookies, pies, cakes with precision
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preheat the oven to 180c (fan 160c/350f/gas 4). grease two deep 20cm (8in) round sandwich tins and line the bases of the cake tins with baking parchment. in a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake mixture as shown below. spoon the mixture evenly between the tins. put the cakes in the oven and bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown, risen, and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. transfer to a wire rack to cool. make the icing: measure the butter, icing sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract into a bowl and whisk using a hand or electric whisk until smooth and thoroughly blended. spread half the icing on one cake, sit the other cake on top, and spread the remaining icing on top to make a swirl pattern. decorate the top of the cake with the halved walnuts.