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• c   • 4  I just got the Cake Bible, and I'm very excited. I
think I'll start with the genoise classique with a fruit cloud
cream frosting. I'm posting because I need help deciding which
liqueur to use for the syrup and the cream. (SO has already
vetoed calvados.) I don't own any liqueur, so I'll have to buy
some. I'd like to get something I can use fairly often, so it
doesn't sit in my cupboard forever. It seems like the liqueur I
see in most often in recipies is Grand Marnier.  Which liqueur
do you use most often?     1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB
limit)   1. It really depends upon what flavor you are going
for.      Chambord is framboise/raspberry     Grand Marnier is
cognac, orange, and herbs     Frangelico is hazlenut
Drambuie is scotch, heather honey, and hebs (my favorite)
Mathilde French country liquers come in peche/peach,
framboise/raspberry, poire/pear, cassis/black currant,
arabica/coffee (a very good brand, a good buy a