If you are planning a special event for yourself or for someone like a wedding, birthday party, an anniversary, a cake is usually the pastry of choice to celebrate the event. Cakes have been a part of numerous civilizations for for many years from as far back as the Vikings and the Roman Empire. Certainly you can go out and order a cake from a bakery, which takes away from the joy of making it by yourself. A cake can be baked with many different types of consistency, from bread-like textures to some rich fluffy cakes. Nowadays most of the appliances used for baking can be easily found in almost every home so even the most amateur cook can make a great cake. This piece will provide you with the step by step instructions on how to go about 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. Utilize the strainer to filter the flour into a container and then calculate the quantity you need for creating the cake.
2. Then add the salt and baking powder and sieve the mixture again.
3. Put in the softened butter and mix it using either a spoon or a food processer it out until it turns out creamy. Then when this is done calculate the amount of sugar and steadily begin to add to the batter.
4. Break all the eggs into a container to make sure that none of them are rotten. Once all of them are in and ready, begin 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 constant beating, when putting in the dry products, it will come together.
6. Now turn the oven to 350 degrees F and give it time to heat up and apply butter to oil the base of the cake tins.
7. When the mixture finally becomes consistent, then fold in the flour mixture and pour into the baking tins. Create a dip in the center of the mixture so that it does not rise when baking.
8. Bake the cakes in the oven for 30 minutes but refrain from pulling the oven during the first 15 minutes.
Tips and Warnings
* You can use a diversity of baking containers to achieve various shape of cakes. Some people prefer to make round cakes, square cakes, heart shapes and others.
* If you are planning a wedding, birthday or anniversary you can create your own icing and apply it to decorate your cake, with drawings and even display messages to the person that the cake is dedicated to.
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