A Simple Way To Make A Cake
If you are organizing a particular event for yourself or for someone like a wedding, birthday party, an anniversary, a cake is normally the dessert of choice to commemorate the event. Cakes have been a part of numerous culture for centuries from as far back as the Vikings and the Roman Empire. Certainly you can go out and order a cake from a bakery, but that takes away from the joy of making it by yourself. A cake can be baked with many different types of texture, from bread-like textures to some rich fluffy cakes. Nowadays most of the equipment used for making cakes can be easily accessed in almost every home so even a novice cook can make a great cake. This piece will offer you with the step by step instructions on how to start making a plain cake.
Things you will need:
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of butter
3 cups of flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of salt
Container
Stove
Salt
Strainer
Instructions are as follows:
1. Use the strainer to filter the flour into a container and then calculate the quantity you need for creating the cake.
2. Then put in the salt and baking powder and sieve the mixture again.
3. Add in the softened butter and mix it using either a spoon or a food processer it out until it turns out smooth. Then when this is done measure out the quantity of sugar and gradually start to add to the batter.
4. Open all the eggs into a container to ensure that none of them are rotten. Once all of them are in and ready, start to add in the eggs one by one and beat them well after each addition.
5. Add the milk with vanilla until the mixture comes together. While you are mixing, the mixture may seem to curdle but after continuous beating, when adding the dry ingredients, it will come together.
6. Now turn the oven to 350 degrees F and allow it to heat up and apply butter to oil the bottoms of the baking tins.
7. When the mixture finally becomes consistent, then fold in the flour mixture and pour into the baking tins. Make a dip in the center of the mixture so that it does not rise when baking.
8. Place the cakes in the oven for half hour but do not open the oven within the first 15 minutes.
Tips and Warnings
* You can use a cross section of baking tins to create various shape of cakes. Some persons prefer to make round cakes, square cakes, heart shapes and others.
* If you are arranging a wedding, birthday or anniversary you can make your own icing and use it to garnish your cake, using drawings and even display phrases to whoever the cake is made for.
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