Making a Cake

[tzaddi]

A week or so ago I came across a small pressed cake of tobacco that I put together about a year ago. It was essentially a bunch small but very nice ligero leaf that I had grown as part of my 2007 tobacco crop. It had been de-veined and gone into a partial secondary fermentation when I gathered it up and pressed into the bottom of a wide mouth Mason jar.

Having recently become fascinated by blends that are constructed in layers with a variety of tobaccos and then cut this re-discovered cake sparked my imagination.

Given that is was constructed from similarly cured tobacco the chance to add to it further was limited. Then I remembered that bottle of Macallan Amber Liqueur, “Single Malt Whisky Delicately Flavoured with Maple and Pecan.” So I took the tobacco cake and allowed it to soak up as much of the Amber liqueur as it wanted. I then wrapped it in parchment paper and placed it in a press for 3 days in a sunny room.

The following is a photo essay of what happened next.




























How does it taste/smoke you ask? I don't know, perhaps someday I will give it a try. I know this, it looks and smells great and it was as much fun as a 7th grade science project and an Alton Brown episode rolled into one.

Next time I think I will construct a cake with a more articulated variety of cured tobaccos.

— Richard

[NakedYoga]

Wow. I don't even smoke a pipe, but that looks absolutely delicious!

I'm pretty sure I can taste and smell the pecan from here. Beautiful.

[Big D KC]

Man that is awesome! Your experiments are very interesting to say the least!! Let us know how it goes when you fire it up!!

You got any prior experiments that you are ready to smoke so you can tell us about the final taste test of something you have done?! Dying of curiosity!

[MarkinCA]

[SIZE=3]If you haven't done so already, I thought a few well placed drops of the Macallans might add to a great bouquet some months or years down the road when you do finally unveil the lot to your favorite pipe.

Thats a nice looking aged cake Richard. Great color and I could smell it all the way down here in Valencia. Let us know how it turns out somewhere down the road...


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[Mad Hatter]

Awesome Richard. Great photos too!

[atlacatl]

Wow, very impressive!!! That tobac looks great. You truly have a wealth of knowledge. Please let us know how it tastes.

[dartplayer1]

That looks really great

Smoke it Smoke it Smoke it Smoke it Smoke it Smoke it

[McCharlie]

That looks awesome. Let us know how it tastes!

[aliefj96]

My eyes, as well as my mouth, just watered at the sight of your beautiful photos.

Magnificent!!!

[Beatnikbandit]

WoW that does look good and i know for a fact Tzaddi grows some good tobacco I could only Imagine how good this would taste. Looks like Fun too I have some Seeds I have yet to plant (just moved) but now i have a great yard for it and I hope to grow some myself. I would love to try this too. Ill pm you about how you did it and ill try a different flavoring. Next season of course hahaha. Now that i have become friends with the Pipe Growing my own blends sound like a lot of fun! If you smoke it tell me how It is!! (just wait for the Throng of pms from me when i try to do it and ask you over and over how to do it LOL)

on another note complety off subject
I need to send you a pic Tzaddi my sweetgrass patch is nice and big I just cut it down for the winter and by my next harvest Ill try to send you some this time!

[tzaddi]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your appreciation. I have some other recipes in the works. I will try and keep you posted.

PS That Amber is something for the nose and palette to behold.

Cheers

[tzaddi]

[SIZE="4"]As the humble OP of this thread I respectfully request that it be closed to any future posts[/SIZE].

Let me make it clear, this is not a swan song nor a retreat… more like a phoenix

I look forward to creating new threads that will hopefully provide stimulating conversation and inspired thought.

It is time to turn the page and see where the next chapter will take us.

The joy that I have received through these simple words and photos remains multiplied by the number of hearts and minds that pass this way.

As always my PM door is open to any questions.

—Richard