St. Louis Famous Barr Mocha Cake

[gw9292]

Years ago, Famous Barr here in St. Louis had this delicious cake... it was yellow cake soaked with rum I believe and it had whipped cream mocha icing with slivered almonds on the side...
Been looking for the recipe for years... any information from anyone who knows would be greatly appreciated!

[pinky kookie]

This delicious cake recipe can fit your description:

RUM CAKE ITALIAN STYLE -
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/4944/Recipe.cfm

[pinky kookie]

Here is a mocha whipped cream frosting recipe:

MOCHA WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING RECIPE -
http://www.food.com/recipe/mocha-whipped-cream-frosting-388024

And here is another good Italian rum cake recipe:

STELLA DORO ITALIAN RUM CAKE RECIPE -
By mandabears - 1 review -
http://www.food.com/recipe/stella-doro-italian-rum-cake-130811

And this is the description of another similar cake for sale:

RUM CAKE “cassata casalinga”:
Classic cassata casalinga “Italian home style rum cake”.
http://www.simplydessertsofcny.com/menu.html
Sponge cake soaked with rum-amaretto syrup, filled with a spice-ricotta-cream-rum filling, sprinkled with pistachio nuts and shaved semi-sweet chocolate. Iced with whipped cream and garnished with more pistachio nuts, candied citron “fruit” and just a little more shaved semi-sweet chocolate.

[1Steve]

Just splash the layers with rum before assembling this cake and I bet you've got what you are looking for, or better still substitute 1/4 cup rum for the water in the coffee syrup recipe included with the cake!

http://www.easy-french-food.com/mocha-cake.html#.UOmO8TmovGg

[pinky kookie]

Mmmmm...that is an excellent cake recipe, 1Steve.
It looks delicious in the picture with the coffee flavored syrup, French buttercream frosting and the toasted almonds, the same like the other cakes posted there, but especially these two:

FRENCH EASY RUM CAKE - Gateau Nantais from the City of Nantes, France, and the
FRENCH RUM CHOCOLATE CAKE - Pavu Au Chocolat et au Rhum avec Creme Fraiche. Mmmmmm....

And these are another excellent cake recipes to give them a try:

MOCHA CAKE WITH MOCHA FROSTING AND FILLING RECIPE - using whipped cream -
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_0/2007/DEC/82606.html

MOCHA LAYER CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE RUM CREAM FILLING RECIPE -
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Mocha-Layer-Cake-with-Chocolate-Rum-Cream-Filling-106023

[gw9292]

WoW... all these look great!
Thanks!

[pinky kookie]

Thanks again for your response, gw.
Glad you liked all these recipes that we posted for you and hope you make the cake recipe that you most like from them and enjoy it again.