There are different types of cakes, and even more different ways to make cakes. Making cakes is easy. The trick is knowing how to make a cake. There are a few recipes to make different kinds of cake.
Materials required:
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup of butter
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 cup of milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 3/4 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla
Cake Pans
Groceries
Mixing Bowl
Hand Mixers
Wire Cooling Racks
Toothpicks
Method:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
Grease and lightly flour two round 8 inch cake pans and keep them away for later use
Combine baking powder, flour and salt in a small mixing bowl and set it aside
Beat butter or margarine with a hand mixer at medium speed for 30 seconds in a large mixing bowl.
Add sugar and vanilla to the mixture and beat well
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
Next, the dry flour and milk alternately beating on low speed until just combined
The batter is then poured into cake pans
It is baked till 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick is inserted through the middle of the cake and comes out clean
The cakes are then cooled on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
The cakes are removed from pans and cooled thoroughly.
It can be frosted as per requirement
Listed below are the steps on how to make a cake that is shaped like a pillow. These cakes are innovative and are fun to make. So, what are the materials required for making this funny cake. The materials required and the steps to make it are listed as below:
Materials needed-
Buttercream
Color for the fondant
Fondant
Rolling pin
Frozen cake
Ruler
Toothpicks
Serrated knife
Method:
Freeze the cake. The dimensions of the cake can be an 8"*3" either whole or torted.
Once the cake is frozen the 1 inch from the edge of the cake and place a toothpick in the spot. The process is repeated from other sides
With the serrated knife, one can score a curved line from one corner to the toothpick and then to the opposite corner. The process can be repeated for the other sides.
The cake is cut into a straight line, along the curved line. This process is rpeated on all sides too
Take the serrated knife and the edges can be carved to make it tapering
Continue the carving until the desired look is achieved
The cake is then flipped over to repeat the process.
After the carving is done, the bottom side of the cake is attached to a cake board. The cake is then iced with butter cream
The fondant is rolled out to cover the cake. To smoothen the cake, elevate the cake and the fondant is draped on the cake.
The excess fondant is trimmed
Place the raw product in the refrigerator and wait for it to cool and solidify the raw dough. To make sure, the fondant stays on cake, apply a little more pressure while smoothening out the cake.
These are some cakes which can be made on a day one decides to learn how to make a cake. These are the cakes with which one can take tentative steps into baking.
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