luvpie,
My opinion is that genoise cakes are not difficult, they just aren;t that good. If the kind of cake you like is the one in this picture, you may not like genoise at all. It's sort of spongy, rather than moist, and in fact, they generally soak it in syrup to make it moist.
I think, if you like moist cake, make moist cake, don;t wet a dry cake.
I will be a lone voice here on that. Genoise is European and thus "must" be better. However, having come to Europe to live and having looked forward to what I thought and expected must be far superior cakes, I wad deeply disappointed. And found that my very banal american cakes were a huge hit with everyone who was used to dry or syrup-soaked cakes.
It's all a matter of taste, of course, but don;t expect a genoise to be like an american cake. You may not like it.
It is NOT difficult, though.
siduri |