{"id":729,"date":"2024-12-28T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/?p=729"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:56:32","slug":"may-west-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"May West Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a perfect Retro Dessert for your next party.<br \/>\nFirstly, it&#8217;s a &#8220;MAE WEST&#8221; then misinterpretation came to be associated with the popular 1930s actress spelling was changed in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>May West is a light, moist sponge cake with creamy and generous layer of vanilla buttercream frosting as a signature, then  covered in a thin, smooth chocolate shell.<br \/>\nBasic Ingredients used for a may west cake are: Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, butter and egg.<br \/>\nFor cream filling ingredients are: Butter, icing sugar, milk and vanilla extract.<br \/>\nFor chocolate coating ingredients are: Dark chocolate (70%), coconut oil or vegetable oil.<\/p>\n<p>As they are made by Vachon, a popular Canadian bakery, May West cakes evoke a sense of childhood nostalgia and are a beloved treat for many Canadians.<br \/>\nThis Dessert endures reflect on how certain foods, like May West cake, are passed down through generations. A Modern Twist on an Old-Fashioned Favorite for vintage lovers as well as old school lovers, incorporating some modern twists like new frosting flavors or fillings encourage to experiment with their own variations.<\/p>\n<p>About pairing the cake with drinks like a classic gin fizz or a whiskey sour, offering you a full 1930s-inspired treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a perfect Retro Dessert for your next party. Firstly, it&#8217;s a &#8220;MAE WEST&#8221; then misinterpretation came to be associated with the popular 1930s actress spelling was changed in the 1980s. May West is a light, moist sponge cake with creamy and generous layer of vanilla buttercream frosting as a signature, then covered in a&hellip; <a class=\"blog-info-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/?p=729\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May West Cake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,7,4,6],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dessert","tag-mae-west","tag-may-west-cake","tag-party","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.upcakedigital.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}