Help me save my pound cakes...

[Domestic Goddess]

My korean best friend gave me three pound cakes from the local Tous Les Jour bakery chain yesterday. One was chocolate, the other fruit cake and the last orange pound cake. We opened the chocolate cake and found it was too dry to enjoy it. There was not enough chocolate flavor and the fact that it was embedded with chocolate chips, didn't help the flavor aspect at all. Like I said, to quote my hubby from Kentucky, "It was dry as a popcorn fart". I have a gut feeling that the other two cakes are about as dry as the chocolate one.

Is there a way to rescue these cakes?

Drown them in rum? in syrup?

Steam them until they drown in moisture?

Or sigh.... Cut up and make biscotti?

I really don't wanna do the last resort. Or chuck them to the trash bin. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Kerry Beal]

My korean best friend gave me three pound cakes from the local Tous Les Jour bakery chain yesterday. One was chocolate, the other fruit cake and the last orange pound cake. We opened the chocolate cake and found it was too dry to enjoy it. There was not enough chocolate flavor and the fact that it was embedded with chocolate chips, didn't help the flavor aspect at all. Like I said, to quote my hubby from Kentucky, "It was dry as a popcorn fart".  I have a gut feeling that the other two cakes are about as dry as the chocolate one.

Is there a way to rescue these cakes?

Drown them in rum? in syrup?

Steam them until they drown in moisture?

Or sigh.... Cut up and make biscotti?

I really don't wanna do the last resort. Or chuck them to the trash bin. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Juice of an orange, juice of a lemon, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup dark rum. Boil to a syrup. Place cake in a loaf pan, run a skewer through the cake to make holes for the syrup and pour syrup over it.

[Tweety69bird]

Or you could make a trifle... cake, custard, jam, syrup all layered up.

[Domestic Goddess]

Kerry and Tweety - Thank you, thank you, thank you! I definitely would do both of your suggestions. Off to buy rum, oranges and lemons. I have the custard and jam in the fridge already. You guys are great!

[alanamoana]

slice up, soak in custard base and make bread pudding or french toast

[Domestic Goddess]

Alana - I think my family would enjoy that too, french toast. Off to look for french toast recipes...

[prasantrin]

I'm not sure, but I think some sylvanas recipes use cake crumbs. It could be a little taste from home!