Buy Only the Best Vanilla

I have been through culinary school and know all about good vanilla and using vanilla beans and all the celebrity chefs say to use only the best vanilla extract and let me tell you something, it's worth its weight in gold. I have been on a budget lately and tried the store brand vanilla extract and couldn't figure out why my cakes were tasting a 'little off', to say the least. Well, I looked at the bottle and corn syrup is an ingredient, the smell is very good, but it does not bake well. It just doesn't taste like it should. So I will scrimp and save and buy only the very best vanilla I can get my greedy little hands on. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way...