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Harvey Wallbanger Cake

August 15, 2017 by Jan D'Atri

The Story

Could it be that it lost it’s popularity in just one generation?

The cake that was one of our mother’s “no fail, absolute go-to” recipes?

The brilliant yellow moist miracle in a bundt pan?

I presented a group of millennials (you know, those 20-30 somethings!) with a certain rich and flavorful cake this week. While they all gobbled it up in short order, they had never even heard of the classic Harvey Wallbanger Cake. It had been years since I’d thought of this delightful treat myself – and what a shame, because it’s so easy to make!

The Harvey Wallbanger Cake grabs it’s rich flavor from the vodka, Galliano liqueur, and orange juice that you find in the classic Harvey Wallbanger cocktail. Add some eggs, cake mix, and pudding, and this special treat backs up like a brilliant yellow sunflower, and absolutely melts in your mouth. A little sprinkling of powdered sugar, or better yet, a drizzle of glaze, and that’s all you need to relive the kitchen memories from the 60’s and 70’s.

I was just a little girl when my momma started giving the Harvey Wallbanger Cake equal time with her classic Italian rum cakes. I remember the giant, long, thin bottle coming out of the cabinet. My father was the bartender at our restaurant, and so his beverage suppliers would, during the holidays, gift him with the extra, extra giant bottle of the liqueur. Back then, from where I was standing, I estimated that bottle to be 500 feet tall and not an inch less!

I remember that the flavor of the cake (whenever I could sneak some) was just as large. Who knows, perhaps, with the resurgence in the popularity of classic cocktails like the Side Car, Manhattan, and Dirty Martini, the Harvey Wallbanger and it’s companion cake will find it’s sweet spot once again!

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