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Strong Style, a cinnamon apple and asian pear cake!
submitted about 9 years ago by jamikazeyo

This is copy and pasted from my post on Facebook in the DIYorDIE Mixer group. This is my recipe and I thought reddit might want to check it out. It's delicious.


Hey guys.

No one really knows me in here, and I haven't really posted much. For a while last year, I had a juice line that I sold in a couple stores in DFW area that did pretty well. Life happened and I stopped mixing for a while. Just when I was going to start back up, the FDA regulation news dropped and I just said fuck it. Anyways, I wanted to share with you one of my recipes that I am quite proud of, and was very popular! My best seller. This is a perfect fall / winter recipe, imo! This is my first time posting a recipe from my line to the public. I figured it was time to let go.. Also my juice line was wrestling themed, so this is Rival E-liquids' Strong Style! 

RIVAL - STRONG STYLE: A Cinnamon Apple and Asian Pear Cake

FA Fuji 2%

FW Cinnamon Roll 2%

FW Yellow Cake 1.5%

TFA Brown Sugar 0.5%

TFA Quince 1%

TFA Sweetener 1% (optional 0.5%) 

Mix at 80 vg / 20 pg or be an idiot like me back then and don't add pg because clouds bro. The flavor is still very much there, but it is kinda light. Definitely harder to wick, though.

I started development of this recipe in July of last year. I originally wanted to recreate a dump cake that my mom used to make when I was a kid in the fall, but I needed something to make it unique. Here's some of the thought processes behind my flavoring choices at the time.

FA Fuji - I played with different apple flavorings but the first moment I smelled Fuji, I knew it wanted it in there. Fresh apples. Crisp. Bitey.

FW Cinnamon Roll - I knew an apple cake isn't complete without Cinnamon. I tried apple pie flavorings but they kept throwing off that main note of Fuji. I wanted that to pop! This gives the recipe a nice bready-ness.

FW Yellow Cake - Duh. This played off of Cinnamon Roll nicely, and supports the idea of this being a cake recipe and a not cinnamon roll.

TFA Brown Sugar - K so I'm really sensitive to brown sugar in recipes, and I think it's a really overpowering flavor and in most cases hate it. That being said, this is necessary in this recipe. It makes the cinnamon roll and the Fuji a bit gooey and makes the cake taste caramelized a bit, just like a real apple cake!

TFA Quince - I needed something to set this apart from every other "apple cake" or "apple cinnamon roll" recipe at the time. This was a bit of an breakthrough. Originally I bought this flavoring because someone had a Bombies Nana Cream clone with this in it, so I had it leftover from that. I had no idea what a Quince was, so I researched it a bit. I found that Quince is a fall fruit and is sometimes paired with pears and apples in baked goods. So I put some in. At first I had it at 2% to match the Fuji. BAD IDEA. This stuff is strong and gives me like a bubblegum taste. Not what I wanted. Then I tried 0.5% and it was almost there.. Finally decided at 1% and oh my gods, it melds beautifully with Fuji. Seriously. 

TFA Sweetener - At the time, I was all about Sweetener in juices and it was mainly because I learned from a friend who put Sweetener in every juice he made. I thought this was normal and so originally had 2% in here. Jesus christ, my coils. Anyways, I came down to 1% because cake is sweet, and apple cake with gooey filling and what not should be sweet as well. Also this was a commercial juice.. And you know how that goes. 😉 

Thanks for taking the time to read this huge post! <3

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5 points
 
by snikt1232about 9 years ago

Would you say this recipe is the king of strong style?

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

YEAH-OH! I mark out for myself when I vape this juice for sure.

2 points
 
by snikt1232about 9 years ago

When I read the title I thought I was on r/wrestling and was very confused about why it said Apple cake

1 points
 
by dorsettangerineabout 9 years ago

Squared circle and vaping, I'm down! Shinsuke is my all time favourite !

2 points
 
by Davadam27about 9 years ago

KIIINNNNSSSHHHAAASSSAAAA

2 points
 
by Antartic_Camelabout 9 years ago

Oh snap it's Rival. If only I could get my hands on this flavor again. I'm not much of a DIY person but I remember this flavor in the shops in DFW.

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Nice! Pantheon patron?

1 points
 
by Antartic_Camelabout 9 years ago

Went there once but had a friend give me a bottle first and I had to find it.

2 points
 
by thedirtyprojectorabout 9 years agoMixologist

This mix is awesome! I vaped it fresh because I couldn't wait. No wonder it was your best seller, the decision to pair quince with Fuji is pure genius. It's tart, sweet and slightly cakey. Really tasty!

1 points
 
by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Thanks for the glowing review! :) I thought it was pretty special, as well!

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by PilgrimsRegressabout 9 years ago

And here's me all out of quince. I am sucker for anything apple and cinnamon, will have to place an order soon.

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Aw man! Let me know how you like it when you mix it up!

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by billgarmsarmyabout 9 years agoMentholatier

What the word on steeping? Thanks for the recipe, I'm off to mix it up.

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Oh whoops! I forgot to add that in. Minimum 3 day steep to let Quince calm down a bit and mix in.

1 points
 
by billgarmsarmyabout 9 years agoMentholatier

got a bottle mixed up. looking forward to trying it out.

1 points
 
by billgarmsarmyabout 9 years agoMentholatier

Loving this mix fresh, but I'm also one those weirdos that puts quince in everything

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by stylesuxxabout 9 years ago
  • [[ FA Fuji ]]
  • [[ FW Cinnamon Roll ]]
  • [[ FW Yellow Cake ]]
  • [[ TPA Brown Sugar ]]
  • [[ TPA Quince ]]
  • [[ TPA Sweetener ]]
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by flavor_botabout 9 years ago

| Searchterm | ELR Top Hit | ATF Top Hit |
| ---------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Brown Sugar TPA | Brown Sugar (TPA) | (TPA) Brown Sugar |
| Cinnamon Roll FW | Cinnamon Roll (FW) | (FW) Cinnamon Roll |
| Fuji FA | FA Fuji | (FA) Fuji |
| Quince TPA | Quince (TPA) | (TPA) Quince |
| Sweetener TPA | (TPA) Sweetener | (TPA) Sweetener |
| Yellow Cake FW | Cake (Yellow) (FW) | (FW) Cake (yellow) |

To use, post a flavor name like so: [[ Flavor Name by Vendor Short Name ]], [[ Flavor Name ]] or [[ Vendor Short Name Flavor Name ]].
My source may be found on github. Feel free to submit bug reports or feature requests.

1 points
 
by styx66about 9 years ago

Think I could sub Cap Cinnamon Danish Swirl instead of fw? I've got all the rest. Never had the fw so not sure on ratio comparison but from cap seems very strong

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Probably! I would start low. Maybe .75 or so. 1 to 1.5 max. The cinnamon isn't the star here, it's just an accent, chillin in the background.

1 points
 
by styx66about 9 years ago

Cool will give it a try. Curious to see how rich it is given only 7% flavoring but I'm game to try!

1 points
 
by steevjayabout 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Looks like i'm going to have to pick up some Quince and give this a mix. Thanks for sharing your recipe

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Do it! You won't regret it!

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by dade1701about 9 years ago

I apologize for the off topic comment- but man I would love to get together with some fellow DIY guys in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and trade flavors ideas or just shoot the shit. That would just be so awesome.

Thanks for the recipe. That's very nice of you especially since this was something you actually sold. Looks great just have to add some of those flavorings to my next order.

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

Where are you in DFW?

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by dade1701about 9 years ago

South Arlington near the Parks Mall

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by 0ptimusRhymeabout 9 years ago

So I had to order quince and brown sugar extra (that's the only one I saw, no plain brown sugar) and got them in yesterday. Just mixed it up and wow, this is good. ADV good for me. Thank you so much for sharing!

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by jamikazeyoabout 9 years ago

That's so rad! Glad you like it!

1 points
 
by billgarmsarmyabout 9 years agoMentholatier

Hey, just wanted to follow up a week later.

This is a fantastic recipe. It's complex without being overbearing. I taste different things throughout the course of a tank. I always knew I liked quince, but pairing it with FA Fuji is just excellent. I've just about finished the 120ml I made blind.

Anyway, thanks a ton for sharing. I really appreciate it.

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