I have made this white cake for years.....but not FOR years if you get what I mean....what I mean was that it was an old favorite when I baked birthday cakes more often. ICE CREAM CAKE 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter 2 cups sifted flour 3 tsp. baking powder 1 cup sifted cornstarch 1 cup milk 1 tsp. almond or vanilla extract 5 stiffly beaten egg whites Cream sugar and butter together. Sift the flour, baking powder and cornstarch together. Alternate adding these to creamed mixture along with milk. Beat until very smooth. Add vanilla and then fold in egg whites that have been beaten until stiff. Bake in 2 greased and floured 8" round cake pans for 25 to 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Frost with Boiled White Icing. Or....since he specifically asked for "vanilla cake, I might fill with a vanilla pastry cream and then top with that frosting where you mix egg whites, sugar and syrup in a double boiler and cook beating all the while until it's thick and holds it's shape Here's what I have for a flourless chocolate cake.....came from this forum many years ago... It is kind of like a cake textured hot fudge sauce served in slices. VERY rich - so cut in thin slices. Killer Chocolate Torte 2 cups unsalted butter (4 sticks) cut into 1/2 in. pieces 1 Cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar 1 Cup plus 2 tablespoons espresso powder 16 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (NOT unsweetened or semisweet) 6 large eggs at room temperature 6 large egg yolks at room temperature powdered sugar for garnish whipped cream (optional) Position rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Generously butter an 8-inch springform pan with 2 3/4 inch sides. cut parchment or wax paper to fit sides, and, and a circular piece to fit in the bottom of the greased pan. Smooth paper against inner surfaces. Melt 2 cups butter with the sugar and espresso powder in a heavy saucepan over medium low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add chocolate and stir until mixture is smooth and chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Whisk the eggs and additional yolks in a large bowl until frothy. CAREFULLY fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan and place on a heavy baking sheet. Bake in the preheated 325 degree oven until the edges puff and crack slightly but the center is not quite set. Transfer to a rack and let cool. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight. to remove from pan, dip a sharp thin knife in hot water and run it around the sides of the pan to loosen the torte. Carefully release and remove the pan sides and the parchment. It will have cracks in it, but this is normal. Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar (if desired) and cut into very thin slices with a sharp knife dipped into hot water, taking care to wipe the knife after each cut. Serve with whipped cream if desired. Many servings.

FRAGRANT ORCHIDS: MrBreeze compiled this from several notes he kept on some posts. RisingPower1 graciously cleaned it up and put it into proper formating. Should you have any additions, please let me know. Thanks. Michigoose. Acampe papillosa Very Strong - Hyacinth praemorsa Strong rigida Faint Acanthephippium bicolor Strong - Sweet/Candy colmani Strong - Anise javanicum Strong sylhetense Very Strong Acineta caudatus Moderate - Decay Ada keiliana Moderate Aerangis citrata Lemon scent distincta A powerful spicy scent, night, so strong that it may sear the nasal passages if one gets up close with the flower fastuosa Moderate - Day - Medicinal modesta Very Strong - Minty spice mystacidii Moderate - Lilly of the Valley mystacidii Moderate - Unpleasant platyphyllia Ylang-Ylang Perfume pumilio Faint punctata Faint stylosa Evening - Spice verdickii Strong - Sweet Aerides fieldingii Strong flabellata Strong houlletianum Very Strong illustre Strong lawrencieae Strong - Lemon/Spice lindleyanum Moderate - Sweet mitrata Moderate - Sweet odorata Strong, very fresh citrus flower smell quinquevulnerum Strong - Cinnamon roebelinii Strong Amesiella philippinense Said not to be but A. monticola is Angraecum birrimense Strong - Orange Blossom eburneum Is very fragrant after the lights go out eichlerianum With a citrus scent at night florulentum Strong leonis Strong - Night longicalcar Strong - Spice magdalenae Smells strongly of gardenia, more strongly at night scottianum Has a nice evening fragrance, fresh, with some spice. sesquipedale The fresh-floral scent develops over 3-4 nights sesquipedale Strong superbum Moderate - Night vetchii Moderate - Day - Spice Anguloa clowesii Strong - Medicinal ruckeri Strong uniflora Strong - Oil of wintergreen Ansellia africana Strong in Strong Light Arachnis breviscapa Moderate - Macaroons/Almonds calcarata Moderate - Anise flos-aeris Strong - Musk Ascocentrum curvifolium Faint Ascofinetia Emily fragrant Asconada John De Biase 'Fuch's Indigo' FCC/AOS x V tessellata 'Mary Motes' FCC/AOS fragrant Aspasia epidendroides Is very fragrant with a small number of blooms, described as strong, spicy Baptistonia echinata Moderate - Watermelon Barkeria naevosa Moderate - Day - Musk Barlia metlesiciana Moderate - Day - Iris robertiana Moderate - Day - Iris Batemania colleyi Moderate - Day - Unpleasant Bifrenaria atropurpurea Moderate - Sweet harrisoniae Strong - Day - Floral - Exotic letragoia Strong tetagona Strong - Musty Brassavola cordata Strong - Evening cucullata Strong - Evening Intense - laundry detergent with lemon-crisp and sharply clean flagellens Moderate - Night little stars Citrusy also as really sweet root beer late at night nodosa Cineole medicinal, also sweet odour, or Gardenia, scent changes over time Moderate - Night perrinii Strong - Evening tuberculata Faint - Vanilla Brassia allenii Moderate, Honey forgetiana Moderate longissima Moderate, Musty Mem. Fritz Boedeker 'WitchDoctor' Fragrant Rex Sweet warscewiczii Strong Brassidium Wild Warrior "Chieftan" Very fragrant during the day, sometimes too intense, floral and fresh Brassolaeliocattleya Empress Worsley 'Roman Holiday' Nice flower with a pineapple scent Greenwich Strong floral scent(one flower fills a room) similar to phalaenopsis bellina Goldenzelle "Lemon Chiffon" Is almost overpowering Hauserman's Sultan Smells of fresh ground clove Bulbophyllum baileyi Moderate - Fruity beccarii Moderate - Decay/Rotting Meat careyanum Very ripe fruit (not unpleasant) cupreum Rotten salmon curtisii Like an indoor swimming pool(chlorine) echinolabium Partially decomposed rat fascinator Garbage dump fletcheriana Moderate - Cooked Cabbage leysianum Unwashed armpit the day after a hard day at the gym on a hot day macranthum Cucumber and clove. An enchanting, beautiful and fascinating fragrance medusae Moderate - Musky phaleonopsis Week old in the sun dead wildlife moderate - Rotting Meat pictuatum Strong - Day - Watermelon rothschildianum Moderate, Foul Old mushrooms spiesii Cat urine/dead fish Cadetia taylorii Moderate - Day -Vanilla Calandenia carnea Strong - Musky Calanthe kawakamii Strong - Lemon stricta Moderate - Orange Peel Calauthron bicornutum Mixture of fruit and candies Calypso bulbosa Vanilla Catasetum bungerothii Strong candida Methyl salicilate (wintergreen) ciliatum Moderate - Rye bread collare Methyl salicilate (wintergreen) discolor d-carvone(rye bread) expansum Turpentine in the morning, rye bread in the afternoon fimbriatum Moderate - Spice garnettianum Strong gnomus Methyl salicylate (wintergreen) macrocarpum Strong - Mint(wintergreen) oerstedii Strong planiceps Moderate - Spice roseum Methyl cinnimate (cinnamon) sanguineum Turpentine and garbage tenebrosum Warm resinous fragrance with a sharp citrus note - Moderate - Spice/Citrus Cattleya aclandiae Faint - Spicy amethystoglossa Moderate - Spicy aurea Moderate - Lemon Bahinia Morning - Faint candy like smell bicolor Faint deckorii (I have var. 'Brecht' light, citrussy, scent in the morning. Fairly strong. Michigoose) delossiana Strong guttata Strong - Day - Sweet loddigesii Benzyl acetate (jasmine) luteola Very rich, strong floral Melinda Rose Weber 'Douglas' Strong perfume-sweet fragrance between 2 and 5 in the afternoon Netrasiri Beauty Fragrant percivaliana Moderate - Musky triavaci Moderate - Day - Cinnamon velutina Strong warscewiczii Benzyl acetate (jasmine) Chamaengis hildebrandtii Smell similar to what I canonly describe as "barn" hariotiana Smell similar to what I can only describe as "barn" Cirrhopetalum makoyanum Moderate - Musty medusae Strong - Musty Clowesia rosea Vicks Vapo rub in the morning and cinnamon in the afternoon Cochleanthes amazonica (so I've heard, but I never detected it my plant) Coelia triptera Moderate - Lily of the Valley Coeloglossum viride Faint Coelogyne corymbosa Moderate - Spice cristata Moderate - Spice/Hyacinth densiflora Moderate - Musk fimbriata Moderate - Musk flaccida Strong - Unpleasant - Musk huetneriana Moderate - Musk lamellata Strong lentiginosa Strong massangeana Faint mooreana Faint mossiae Strong - Day - Floral nitida Strong - Lilac/Hay speciosa Moderate - Musk sulphurea Faint testacea Faint tomentosa Moderate - Musk trinervis Strong Colmanara Wildcat 'Doris' Has a faint sweet-perfume Cuitlauzina pendula Strong Cycnoches chlorochilon Benzyl acetate (jasmine)Penetrating jasmine fragrance It can easily be noticed from thirty feet away, and is an unusual, fruity/antiseptic odor chlorochilon x herrenhusanum Similar smell to chlorochilon, not as strong cucullata Moderate - Honey pentadactylon Moderate - Chocolate ventricosum Benzylacetate (jasmine) Strong - Ripe Bananas Cycnodes Wine Delight 'Jem' FCC/AOS Musky cherry kool aid Wine Delight Jem FCC/AOS Is almost overpowering with it's grapey perfume. Starts somewhere around pickled housefly legs, transits through French whorehouse perfume, and finally manages a nice spicy, grapey fragrance Cymbidium albuciflorum Faint atropurpureum Moderate - Coconut oil canaliculatum Moderate - Sweet cochleare Strong ensifolium Strong goeringii Moderate - Floral kanran Moderate - Lemon Peel mastersii Moderate - Almonds rubrigemum Moderate - Honey sinense Faint - Afternoon - Raspberry/Rose syave Moderate - Sweet tracyanum Strong - Peach variciferum Moderate - Lemon Peel virescens Moderate - Vanilla Cypripedium acaule Faint - Day - Watermelon calceolus Strong - Day - Musk candidum Faint - Day himalaicum Strong - Day - Watermelon montanum Moderate - Day - Sweet parviflorum Moderate - Day - Musty/Rose pubescens Moderate - Day - Sweet/Rose Cyrtorchis arcuata Is sweetly scented at night Degarmoara Winter Wonderland 'White Fairy' Fragrant Starsand Bars Smells like ground pepper Tahoma Glacier Smells likeground pepper Dendrobium adae Strong - Day - Sweet aemulum Strong agregatum Strong - Day - Sweet/Honey album Faint amabile Smells like orange scented soap(pink form) amoenum Moderate - Violets anceps Faint anosmum Perfumes the air with a scent of raspberries anosmum Strong - Raspberries/Rhubarb Banana Royale Like bananas what else? Sweet honey touch of banana, it filled the room beckleri Moderate - Cinnamon brymerianum Strong canaliculatum Strong candidum Faint cruentum Faint Ivory soap crystallinum Strong delicatum Moderate - Day - Spicy discolor Moderate - Honey draconis Strong -Tangerine Emma White Very subtle, delicate floral scent, fresh and light engae Strong - Sweet falcorostrum Moderate - Orange Blossom The fragrance was the sweetest I've ever had the pleasure of smelling, a combination of jasmine and orange blossoms finisterrae Faint fleckeri Strong - Spice/Musk forbesii Moderate - Honey formosum Strong friedericksonianum Strong fuscatum Strong fusiforme Moderate - Sweet harveyanum Moderate - Honey johannis Strong kingianum Moderate - Spicy On the floral side, very potent leonis Strong - Vanilla loddigesii Moderate - Honey magnum Strong Afternoon - Honey/Wheat monophyllum Strong - Lily of the Valley moorei Moderate - Lemon moschatum Moderate - Musk musciferum Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla nobile-day/faint/berries papilio Moderate - Hawthorn parishii Moderate - Raspberry/Rhubarb primulinum Strong - Cowslip ruppianum Strong scabrilingue Strong - Jasmine Sea Mary 'Snow King' Flower-y (maybe roses?) senile Moderate - Lemon speciosum Strong - Day - Spicy/Fruit spectabile Faint striolatum Moderate - Honey superbum Strong - Grapes tetrogonum Moderate - Vanilla transparens Strong trigonopis Faint unicum Faint - Day - Orange Soda Williamsonii Moderate - Sweet WonderNishi Nice Yellow Magic 'Festival' Citrus-y Dendrochilum arachnites Moderate - Day - Cinnamon aurantiacum Strong - Day bicallosum Moderate - Day - Musty/Sweet cobbianum Strong - Day - Spicy/Citrus filiforme Moderate - Day formosanum Moderate - Day glumaceum Strong - Day - Sweet/Citrus gracile Moderate - Day latifolium Moderate - Day longifolium Moderate - Day magnum Moderate - Day - Spice Filled the room with a not unpleasant smell of cut hay Dendrophylax funalis Moderate - Unpleasant Diaphananthe fragrantissima Is very fragrant, another example was described as faint pellucida Moderate - Sour/Spicy rutila Strong Disa cooperi Cloves crassicornis Strong Diuris alba Strong palustris Faint - Spice Dracula bella Faint chestertonii Faint - Fungus Mushroom-like scent polyphemus Interesting scent Drakaea glyptodon Moderate - Foetid Dressleria eburnea Strong Dryadella edwallii Strong - Anise Drymonanthus nutile Moderate - Vanilla Doritaenopsis Earth Star Very mild Encyclia albo-purpureum Moderate, Vanilla alboxanthine Strong alta Moderate, Sweet atropurpurea Strong - Day - Sweet - Floral brassavolae Faint - Sweet Smells like lemon pledge for the first hour or so a new bloom is open capartianum Moderate, Sweet chimborazoensis Faint - Medicinal chondylobulbon Strong - Marzipan/Spice citrina Moderate - Anise confusa Faint cordigera Strong - Day - Floral/Spice or rose-like fragrance also as the spicy scent of cinnamon falcata Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla fausta Moderate-Sweet/Astringent flabelifera Strong - Day fowliei Moderate - Tea fragrans Strong - Day - Vanilla/Wood or Honey and vanilla in the mornings at the very beginning, disinfectant wafer in bottom of urinal" to "wintergreen lifesaver" to now... warm Gingerbread gallopavina Moderate - Tea lancifolia Has got to be the strongest smelling and most pleasant under my conditions, fragrance similar to baby powder and vanilla lancifolia Has a spicy fragrance Moderate - Spice mariae Faint microbulbon Faint odoratissime Strong - Spice oncidioides Strong osmantha Strong patens Strong - Spice phoenicea Moderate - Milk Chocolate That smells like chocolate - much better than Sharry Baby plicata Moderate - Chocolate radiata Strong - Spice Very strong but appealing Spicy floral fragrance. Slightly unpleasant at end also as a powerful licorice scent. Like the Aerangis, it can be too much if too close, but it fills an area and does it in winter when it's most appreciated. Plus, it's strongest during the day, so it's a good companion for the Aerangis randii Faint- Chocolate stellata Moderate - Honey subulatifolia Strong tampenses A strangely pleasant, musky sort of scent triflorum Moderate - Lemon also Moderate - Day - Vanilla Cream also tripunctata Miniature, and highly fragrant A nifty mini with an anise (black licorice) fragrance vespa Moderate - Vanilla widgrenii Strong Epidendrum agathosmum Moderate - Sweet alatum Moderate - Spice ancepts Strong, Dried hay or grass also Moderate - Anise canopseum Strong chimborazoensis Ranges from wintergreen lifesavers to just sweet smelling ciliare Moderate - Day - Sour difforme Moderate - Medicinal diffusum Strong diotum Moderate - Elder Leaves falcatum Jasmine in the morning to that of Easter lilies or narcissi in the afternoon Moderate - fragrans Strong fucatum Faint heterodorum Faint - Sweet huebneri Moderate - Evening Lily ilense Moderate - Pumpkin ionosmum Moderate - Violets mirabella Moderate - Lemon nocturnum Moderate - Night, Menthol odoratissimum Strong - Sweet parkinsonianum Strong - Night plicatum Strong - Chocolate polyanthum Moderate - Tea/Cowslip purum Moderate - Sweet stamfordianum Moderate - Violets variegatum Moderate - Sweet wallisii Moderate - Honey/Musk Eria merrellii Faint myristicaeformis Moderate - Sweet pannea Moderate - Vanilla vittata Moderate - Sweet/Pungent hyacinthoids-day/faint/gross cant describe very unpleasent Erycina echinata Moderate - Grass Eurychone rothschildiana Moderate - Sweet Evota harveyana Moderate - Sweet/Soap Flickingeria fimbriata Moderate - Watermelon Eria hyacinthoides Smells like something nasty has died underneath thestaging multiflora Stale damp basement Gastrochilus calceolaris Faint Gastrodia sessamoides Moderate - Cinnamon Genoplesium firmbriatum Moderate - Day (stronger when warm) - Lemon Gomesa crispa Moderate - Primrose Gongora armeniaca Strong - Apricot chocoensis Chocolate/vanilla galeata A strong spiced orange scent maculata Moderate - Chocolate/Spice quinquenervis Eugenol(cloves) or Linalool (lily-of-the-valley) quinquenervis Methyl cinnimate (cinnamon) similis Filled my house with a cinnamon &clove aroma tricolor Strong - Spice Goodyera atrorubens Moderate - Vanilla Gymnadenia conopsea Moderate - Spice odoratissima Strong - Vanilla Habenaria erichmichaelii (aka Hab rhodocheila v pink) Has a fragrance not unlike some types of hand lotion fimbriata Moderate - Lavender odontopetalata Have very powerful sweet night fragrances repens Have very powerful sweet night fragrances also Moderate - Night Haraella retrocalla Moderate - Day - Sharp Mint odorata/retrocalla Sweet lemony scent Herminium monorchis Moderate - Honey Houlettia species Are all fragrant and smell very nice, a nice floral smell Horichia species Are also fragrant and very cool Huntleya species burtii Smell nice Ionopsis satyrioides Moderate - Lemon/Citron Iwanagara Appleblossom Smells, not surprisingly, like apple blossoms also described as Gorgeous floral smell Jumellea augustifolia Gardenia comorensis Fragrant confusa Daytime fragrant, delightful fresh and spicy, better than J.comorensis filicornoids Moderate - Day - Violets gracilipes Moderate - Sweet major Moderate - Night rigida Strong Laelia albida Moderate - Primrose anceps 'Irwins' Smells like a stale sponge gouldiana Faint - Spice primaveralis Moderate - Musk pumila Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant purpurata Licorice also described as spicy. rubescens Moderate - Day - (stronger when warm) - Wintergreen Leptotes bicolor Fragrant unicolor Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla Light nice fragrance Liparis reflexa Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant Smells kind of like cat urine Luisa megasepala Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant Lycaste aromatica Strong - Day - Cinnamon, or sugary like juicy fruitgum aromatica Spicy scented barringtoniae Moderate - Lemon brevispatha Moderate - Fresh Apples ciliata Moderate - Night - Fresh Apples cinnabarina - Moderate - Night cruenta Strong - Cinnamon or a less spicy, more floral fragrance deppei Faint - Peppermint lanipes Strong leucantha Moderate - Rich/Savory locusta Moderate - Apples Has the coloring and scent of a granny-smith apple longiscapa Moderate - Soap powellii Strong skinneri Faint suaveolens Moderate - Cinnamon xytriophora Faint Lyperanthus forrestii Strong saveolens Strong - Musk Masdevallia angulata Faint - Day - Sour/Unpleasant (angulifera-day/faint/grapes and solvent.) caesia Moderate - Day - Fresh Urine civilis Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant estradae Moderate - Citrus falcago Moderate - Lemon foetens Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant gheisbreghtiana Strong glandulosa Smells deliciously of sweet cloves also desbribed as moderate - Day - Sweet Tarts guayanensis Moderate - Sweet livingstoneana-day/soapy mejiana Moderate - Day - Spice polysticta Strong serna-all the time/variable fish or latex unpleasent tovarensis Moderate - Sweet triangularis Repugnant smell may leave the tongue/nose with numb sensation Maxillaria densa Moderate - Day - Spice desvauxiana Moderate - Watermelon friedrichsthallii Moderate - Rancid Urine haematoglossum Faint hedwigi Faint - Egg Whites inaudita Faint luteo-alba Moderate - Sweet maleolens Moderate - Coconut/Moth Balls ochroleuca Apricots picta Strong - Sweet ringens Moderate - Sweet rufenscens Moderate - Vanilla sanderiana Moderate - Sweet seymouriana Moderate - Lemon striata Has an appealing sweet smell tenuifolia Strong - Day - Coconut also as Suntan oil, coconut fragrance, coconuts and vanilla valenzuelana Moderate - Spice Meiracyllium gemma Moderate - Cinnamon trinasutum Moderate - Day - Cinnamon wendlandii Another very nice mini with a cinnamon fragrance Miltonia Hybrids Miltdm. Pupukea Sunset 'Hawaii' Fragrant Miltdm. Bartley Schwartz 'Highland' Fragrant bouquet of wildflowers Miltdm. Hawaiian Sunset Smells to me like moldy socks Miltdm. Issaku Nagata 'RL. Hammer' Mild, pleasant vanilla Miltassia CM Fitch 'Isumi' Peppery, slightly sweet scent. Fill a room at night. Slightly less in the day Milt Hurricane Ridge 'Sylvia' Smells spicy and citrus like Milt Bert Field 'Eileen' Pretty stinky...rotting fruit smell Miltassia Darkstar 'Darth Vader' Peppery Miltassia Royal Robe 'Jerry's Pick' HCC/AOS Cherry jello Miltassia Webmaster 'Shelob' Nice floral Miltonia bluntii Moderate Miltonia flavexcens Moderate - Day - Grassy Miltonia warscewiczii Fragrant Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis Moderate - Day - Floral Miltoniopsis vexillaria Faint - Day Miltoniopsis warscewiczii Moderate - Day - Floral Mormodes aromatica Moderate - Vinegar buccinator Moderate - Spice calceolatum Faint - Spice maculata Strong ocanae Strong sinuata Moderate - Sharp - Spice tuxtlensis Moderate - Jasmine unica Moderate - Savory Mystacidium braybonae Faint capense Strong, musky smell after dark gracile Moderate - Night tanganyikense Faint venosum Strong, musky smell after dark Neofinetia falcata Strong - Night - Vanilla Ice Cream also as strong vanilla candy sort of scent...like vanilla, jasmine, and pina colada Yum richardianum Strong - Night-- Vanilla Ice Cream Neostylis Lou Sneary Wonderful compelling fragrance Nervilia chinensis Moderate - Musk/Cocoa pectinata Moderate - Camphor Nigritella nigra Moderate - Vanilla Notylia barkeri Faint pentachne Faint Octomeria oxychila Faint Odbrs. Kenneth Biven Santa Barbara Pleasantly fragrant during the afternoon hours Odontioda Debutante 'P & P' Sweet and yummy Odontoglossum constrictum Moderate - Hawthorn crispum Moderate - Primrose crocidipterum Moderate - Hawthorn edwardi Moderate - Violets harryanum- day/very strong/floral with peach almost unpleasent up close Isler's Abenglut Fragrant maculatum Faint pendulum Moderate - Lemon platychulium Moderate - Day - Floral praestans Moderate - Citrus pulchellum Moderate - Sweet/Hyacinth Oeoniella polystachys Strong - Night - Sweet/Spice Oerstedella pseudowallisii Strong - Sweet/Spice Oncidium auriferum Faint calochilum Moderate - Lemon/Roses cheirophorum Strong - Day - Floral/Lemon cheirophorum It is quite stinky, kind of like lemon with hints of vomit and sweet undertones crispum Faint - Musty - Daffodils divaricatum Moderate - Musty enderianum Moderate - Lilacs Gold Dust Reeks of cat urine incurvum Strong lanceanum Moderate - Vanilla Strong like spring bulbs maculatum Moderate - Mushrooms marshallianum Faint ornithorhynchum Strong - Day - Chocolate Florally chocolate or like white chocolate and vanilla much like Sharry Baby osmatochilum Strong - Lilacs ramosissimum Faint 'Sharry Baby' Vanilla or chocolate tigrinum Faint - Citrus/Violets Twinkle (mostcolors/varieties) Not as nice as the ornithorhynchum Twinkle Wonderful Ophrys chesteri Faint fuciflora Faint - Cyclamen muscifera Moderate - Musk Orchis morio Moderate - Sweet pallens Moderate - Cloves Ornithocephalus inflexus Faint myrticola Moderate - Lemon Ornithophora radicans Moderate - Day - Honey radicans Similar to the Enc. tampenses but not as strong Osmoglossum pulchellum Strong - Hyacinth Paphiopedilum armeniacum Faint - Daffodil delenatii Is generally said to smell of (synthetic) raspberry as well. Clones of both species vary in strength and specific scent - I have a delenatii that smells to the best of my description like red Kool-aid. also like citrus blooms Faint - Pepper emersonii Mixture of chocolate and a compost pile also as Moderate - Chocolate fairrieanum Faint - Day - Stale Urine Joyce Hasagawa A powerful old-fashioned rose scent emerges kolopakingii Intense scent of honeysuckle also desc. as Moderate - Honeysuckle Lynleigh Koopowitz Pleasant fragrance of raspberries malipoense Very powerful raspberry fragrance Fruity Moderate Day Phalaenopsis amabilis Faint - Day amboinensis Moderate - Day - Musk bellina Strong - Day - Floral Bright Peacock 'Sweet Fragrance' Smells like a combination of citrus with orange being the most prevalent corningianna Strong and pleasant also Faint Gene Wentz Faint flower-y gigantea Moderate - Day/Sporadic - Orange Peel Happy Girl In good light has a nice light floral scent, pleasing javanica Moderate - Violets lomita "dawn" -day/medium/ jasmine lueddemanniana Moderate - Day mannii Faint - Day very faint/ jasmine mariae Faint - Day modesta Strong - Day Orchid World 'Joe' Rosy citrus pulchra Moderate - Day schilleriana Fragrant speciosa Strong - Day stuartiana Faint - Day - Coffee venosa Kinda smokey vestalis Moderate - Day violacea Moderate - Day - Floral Perfume violacea And many of it's crosses has a light but lovely fragrance, 2 open buds can fill a room. wilsonii Moderate - Day zebrina fragrant Pholidota articuata Moderate - Musk/Chocolate chinensis Moderate - Not all plants fragrant clemensii Faint imbricata Moderate - Musk, Not all plants fragrant mediocris Moderate - Sweet pallida Faint pectinata Faint ventricosa Moderate - Sweet Pabstia jugosa Moderate - Watermelon Paraphalaenopsis denevei Faint labukensis Moderate - Cinnamon laycockii Moderate - Lemon Grass Pescatorea cerina Strong - Day dayana Moderate - Day klabochorum Strong - Day lehmannii Moderate - Day wallisii Moderate - Day - Lemon Phaius amboinensis Faint - Day callosus Moderate - Day celebicus Moderate - Day daenikerii Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant flavus Moderate - Day tankervilleae Moderate - Day Phragmipedium schlimii Moderate - Berry Pleione formosana Faint humilis Faint lagenaria Faint maculata Moderate - Apple pogonioides Moderate - Spice/Primrose pricei Moderate speciosa Faint Pleurothallis elegans Strong gelida Moderate - Sweet racemiflora Moderate - Pungent xanthophthalma Faint Polystachya bicarinata Faint hollandii Moderate - Roses melliodora Moderate - Honey ottoniana Faint phalei Moderate - Orange Blossom Potinara Burana Beauty 'Burana' AM/AOS Fragrant Dal's Endeavor (Potfree spirit x c. walkeriana) Fragrant Pterygodium alatum Strong, pungent smell caffrum " " catholicum " " Prasophyllum australe Strong - Sweet cucullatum Moderate - Sweet elatum Moderate - Sweet scent when warm fuscum Moderate - Sweet Rangaeris amaniensis Strong - Vanilla musicola Moderate - Sweet Restrepia antennifera Smells like banana peels, smells like mushrooms Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium Moderate - Fermented Fruit Rhizanthella gardneri Moderate - Sweet Rhyncholaelia digbyana An incredible combination lemon/soapy fragrance digbyana Strong lemon-like perfume digbyana Strong - Day - Lemon digbyana (citronellol, rose-like) digbyana Citrusy digbyana Linalool (lily-of-the-valley) glauca Emits a rosy-floral scent glauca Strong - Day - Lemon Rhynchostylis coelestis Moderate - Sweet cordatum-day/faint/ interesting digbyana Strong - Day - Lemon flauca Strong gigantea Strong - Spicy retusa Strong - Citrus Rodriguezia candida Moderate - Citron decora Faint Rumrillara Sugar Baby 'Kultana' Caramel candy Sarcochilus hartwegii Moderate - Honey virescens Moderate - Vanilla Satyrium foliosum Smells like quinces neglectum Sweet smell Schlimia jasminodora Moderate - Jasmine trifida Strong Sedirea japonica Strong - Day - Floral Perfume (very lemony to my nose, pleasant Michigoose) Seidenfadenia mitrata Strong - Candy Sobennikoffia humbertiana Moderate - Spice robusta Moderate - Spice Sobralia fragrans Moderate - Sweet Spathoglottis unguiculatum Moderate - Grape Spiranthes exigua Faint gracilis Faint spiralis Faint - Musty Stanhopea bucephalus Strong - Resiny calceolus Moderate - Eucalyptus calceolus Strong candida Moderate - Sweet cirrhata 1,8-cineole (Vicks) connata Moderate - Spice costaricences Nutmeg eburnea Moderate - Jasmine florida Mothballs gibbosa Moderate - Day grandiflora Benzyl acetate (jasmine) graveolens Moderate - Day - Faeces hernandezii Strong - Fruit insignis Strong - Day - Cinnamon jenishiana Moderate - Day - Cinnamon nigroviolacea Strong - Day oculata Moderate - Vanilla occulata Chocolate occulata Vanilla panamense Moderate - Day - Sweet/Mint panamensis Chocolate mint reichenbachiana Moderate - Jasmine reichenbachiana Benzylacetate (jasmine) saccata Moderate - Day - Methyl cinnimate(cinnamon) tigrina Very strong - Day - Vanilla tigrina var nigroviolacea Chocolate vanilla tricornis Moderate - Day - Jasmine tricornis Benzyl acetate (jasmine) wardii Strong - Day - Chocolate/Medicinal Thrixspermum formosanum Moderate - Morning - Vanilla sarmatarii Moderate - Morning - Vanilla Thunia marshalliana Moderate - Oranges Trichopilia fragrans Strong - Almonds suavis Moderate - Hawthorn tortilis Moderate - Licorice Tuberolabium kotoense Strong - Day - Honey, miniature and highly fragrant odoratissimum Strong - Day Trichoglottis geminata Pleasant powerful fragrance philippinensis Pleasant powerful fragrance Vanda amesiana Very strong pleasant scent, between hyacinth and gardenia Bensonii x V. Limbada You can smell it several feet away coeruea Moderate - Not all fragrant crista Faint denisoniana Moderate - Early Evening insignis Strong lamellata Pleasant powerful fragrance merrillii Strong - Spicy merrillii x V. Pak Chong Day - fragrant changes over time, soapy, Dr.Pepper or maybe cinnamon, very subtle pumila Strong tessellata Strong tricolor Strong - Day - Grape/Spice Vanilla aphylla Faint calopogon Faint polylepis Faint - Vanilla pompona Moderate - Heliotrope Fruit Vascostylis Lou Sneary Cotton candy Wilsonara Marie Elle Heavenly Beautifully fragrant Susy Scarlett Passion AM/AOS Beautifully fragrant Xylobium centroglossum Strong elongatum Faint - Cucumber hyacinthianum Moderate - Hyacinth palmifolium Faint squalens Has a nice floral odor to it Zygopetalum crinitum Strong - Carnation intermedium Rosy/lilacfragrance mackayi Strong scent of jonquils mackayi Strong - Day - Grape Soda mackayi A fresh floral smell, excellent fragrance maxillare Moderate - Day - Floral Redvale fire kiss A semi-cloying hyacinth like scent triste That smells of fresh pepper

sooz, I know people complain about this on a couple of cake decorating websites that I frequent, and the consensus is that it's the powdered sugar, or the cornstarch in the powdered sugar, it seems to happen with a lot of different brands. The consensus, unfortunately, also seems to be that it can't be fixed completely, although a few people said that adding more cream cheese helped and one said she added cherry preserves and used the stuff as a cupcake filling that the preserves helped the texture too. Some said it got better when they re-whipped the frosting, they were blaming tiny little lumps of cornstarch. And it happened even when the powdered sugar was sifted, so that didn't appear to be of any help either. Good luck! Annie

The cake was a success! It wasn’t easy or quick, but it was a show-stopper! And more than that, I learned so many new techniques through lots of reading and video-watching. I learned to make Italian Meringue Buttercream icing, although I would probably not make it ahead again. It took forever to come to room temperature (more than 2 hours), and I did not think it was as fluffy with the second beating as it had been with the first. I learned that insulated cake pans make layers without humps on the top. I learned to “torte” cake layers using a ruler, toothpicks, a turntable, a very long serrated knife - borrowed from a neighbor, and cake board for lifting. I learned that icing a cake is much easier using a turntable and an offset spatula. The turntable was borrowed from the same neighbor, but I finally bought myself an offset spatula. I learned to measure the amount of frosting used between each layer to get an even, more professional look to the cake. My icing skills still leave a lot to be desired, but I learned to crumb coat, chill, then frost. And I learned how to smooth the top and sides (to a degree). Our cookbook club is not only about getting together and enjoying good food, it is also a time for some of us to challenge ourselves in the kitchen.