Can you give me a simple cake recipe?!
I am trying to bake a cake and for whatever reason the cake either comes out as hard as a freakin rock or it doesn't bake in the inside, I mean come on, I am following the recipe! Can someone tell me how to make a cake soft and flufy and tasty and can you give me a good cake recipe like a lemon cake!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
There are a number of reasons why your cake might be gettin "hard as a freakin rock"!. One of these is the baking powder!. Is it old!? It does loose power just sitting in the cabinet!.
It could also be your oven as others have said!. Easy way to check the oven temperature is to go to hardware store or dollar store and get an oven thermometer!. Turn on oven to correct temperature, let it heat for about 15 minutes, put the thermometer in and close the door for 10 minutes!. Read the temp on the thermometer!. If it isn't correct change the oven temp gauge enough so the therm in the oven reads correctly!.
Timing is also crucial!. Cook the cake the length of time specified in the recipe!. Check center of the cake with toothpick!. If it comes out clean, cake is done!. If not bake 5 minutes more and check again, until it is done in the middle!.
Excellent recipes at this site, all proven to be good:
http://www!.northpole!.com/Kitchen/Cookboo!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It could also be your oven as others have said!. Easy way to check the oven temperature is to go to hardware store or dollar store and get an oven thermometer!. Turn on oven to correct temperature, let it heat for about 15 minutes, put the thermometer in and close the door for 10 minutes!. Read the temp on the thermometer!. If it isn't correct change the oven temp gauge enough so the therm in the oven reads correctly!.
Timing is also crucial!. Cook the cake the length of time specified in the recipe!. Check center of the cake with toothpick!. If it comes out clean, cake is done!. If not bake 5 minutes more and check again, until it is done in the middle!.
Excellent recipes at this site, all proven to be good:
http://www!.northpole!.com/Kitchen/Cookboo!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
These are very yummy and simple:
One thing that I've learned about baking is the temperature of the oven!. Make sure the oven reached the right temperature before you put the cake in!.
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/4 cup lemon juice
Beat butter in a large bowl at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer; gradually add oil, beating until well blended!. Gradually add sugar, beating well!. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition!.
Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour!. Mix just until blended after each addition!. Stir in lemon extract!. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan!. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of the cake comes out clean!. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes!. Remove from pan and place directly on wire rack!.
Combine glaze ingredients, stirring until sugar dissolves!. Brush lemon glaze on sides of cake and spoon glaze over top, a little at a time!. Let lemon pound cake cool completely!.
White cake:
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)!. Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners!.
In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter!. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla!. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well!. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth!. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan!.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven!. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes!. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
One thing that I've learned about baking is the temperature of the oven!. Make sure the oven reached the right temperature before you put the cake in!.
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/4 cup lemon juice
Beat butter in a large bowl at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer; gradually add oil, beating until well blended!. Gradually add sugar, beating well!. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition!.
Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour!. Mix just until blended after each addition!. Stir in lemon extract!. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan!. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of the cake comes out clean!. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes!. Remove from pan and place directly on wire rack!.
Combine glaze ingredients, stirring until sugar dissolves!. Brush lemon glaze on sides of cake and spoon glaze over top, a little at a time!. Let lemon pound cake cool completely!.
White cake:
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)!. Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners!.
In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter!. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla!. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well!. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth!. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan!.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven!. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes!. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Heavenly Hazelnut Pound Cake Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
See this recipe on air Sunday May!. 04 at 7:00 AM ET/PT!.
Show: 30 Minute Meals
Episode: Isn't That Clever
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 store-bought pound cake
1 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (recommended: Nutella)
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 tablespoon orange liqueur
1 lemon, zested
Blackberries and raspberries, for garnish
Lightly toast the almonds in a small skillet!. Set aside to cool!.
Cut the pound cake in half, horizontally!. Spread the chocolate spread on the cut side of both cake pieces!. Sprinkle with toasted almonds!. Then place the top half of the cake back onto the bottom half!.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the whipped cream, orange liqueur and the zest!. Cut the pound cake into 1-inch slices and serve with the whipped cream, blackberries and raspberries!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
See this recipe on air Sunday May!. 04 at 7:00 AM ET/PT!.
Show: 30 Minute Meals
Episode: Isn't That Clever
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 store-bought pound cake
1 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (recommended: Nutella)
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 tablespoon orange liqueur
1 lemon, zested
Blackberries and raspberries, for garnish
Lightly toast the almonds in a small skillet!. Set aside to cool!.
Cut the pound cake in half, horizontally!. Spread the chocolate spread on the cut side of both cake pieces!. Sprinkle with toasted almonds!. Then place the top half of the cake back onto the bottom half!.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the whipped cream, orange liqueur and the zest!. Cut the pound cake into 1-inch slices and serve with the whipped cream, blackberries and raspberries!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It's probably your oven!. It needs to be adjusted by a professional!. Maybe it is time to buy a new oven!.
Are you making the cake from scratch or a boxed mix such as Duncan Hines!?
I stopped baking from scratch years ago because the boxed mixes were so much better and very moist!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Are you making the cake from scratch or a boxed mix such as Duncan Hines!?
I stopped baking from scratch years ago because the boxed mixes were so much better and very moist!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Buy a regular cake mix from the store, mix it up according to the directions, then drop a big spoonful (or 2 tbsp) of mayonaise in there, too! It makes the cake so much moister and fluffier,
also try
Chocolatetown Special Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
1/2 cup boiling water
2/3 cup shortening
1-3/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/3 cups buttermilk or sour milk*
ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING(recipe follows)
Directions:
1!. Heat oven to 350°F!. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans!.
2!. Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl until smooth!. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy!. Add eggs; beat well!. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to shortening mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating until well blended!. Add cocoa mixture; beat well!. Pour batter into prepared pans!.
3!. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean!. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks!. Cool completely!. Frost with ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING!. 8 to 10 servings!.
* To Sour Milk: Use 4 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 1-1/3 cups!.
ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
2-2/3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S Dutch Processed Cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat butter in small bowl!. Add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk; beat to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed)!. Stir in vanilla!. About 2 cups frosting
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INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped pecans
whipped topping or sweetened whipped cream, optional
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°!. Heat oil and unsweetened chocolate in an 8-inch square baking pan in oven until chocolate is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes!. Add water, sugar, egg, flour, salt, baking soda, and vanilla!. Using a fork, beat until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute!. Scrape pan with rubber spatula and spread batter evenly in the pan!. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and chopped pecans!. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean!. Cool and serve as is or with whipped topping, if desired!.
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6 eggs
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
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DIRECTIONS:
Arrange a large bamboo steamer or a large vegetable steamer over simmering water!. Make sure it is large enough to hold the baking pan!. Line a 9 inch square pan with waxed paper!.
Separate the eggs!. Place the yolks in a large bowl along with the sugar and water!. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture has increased about three times in volume!. Whisk together the flour and the baking powder; sift this over the egg mixture, and fold in gently!. Blend in the extract!.
Whip the egg whites in a clean bowl to stiff, not dry, peaks!. Fold into yolk base!. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and smooth out to edges!. Rap the pan on the counter to get rid of large air bubbles!.
Place the pan into the steamer!. Cover the top of the steamer with a kitchen towel, and place the lid on top; the towel will absorb any steam that collects on top from dripping onto the cake!. Steam for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean!. Cool on a wire rack!. Dust with confectioner's sugarWww@FoodAQ@Com
also try
Chocolatetown Special Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
1/2 cup boiling water
2/3 cup shortening
1-3/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/3 cups buttermilk or sour milk*
ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING(recipe follows)
Directions:
1!. Heat oven to 350°F!. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans!.
2!. Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl until smooth!. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy!. Add eggs; beat well!. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to shortening mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating until well blended!. Add cocoa mixture; beat well!. Pour batter into prepared pans!.
3!. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean!. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks!. Cool completely!. Frost with ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING!. 8 to 10 servings!.
* To Sour Milk: Use 4 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 1-1/3 cups!.
ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
2-2/3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S Dutch Processed Cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat butter in small bowl!. Add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk; beat to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed)!. Stir in vanilla!. About 2 cups frosting
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INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped pecans
whipped topping or sweetened whipped cream, optional
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°!. Heat oil and unsweetened chocolate in an 8-inch square baking pan in oven until chocolate is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes!. Add water, sugar, egg, flour, salt, baking soda, and vanilla!. Using a fork, beat until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute!. Scrape pan with rubber spatula and spread batter evenly in the pan!. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and chopped pecans!. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean!. Cool and serve as is or with whipped topping, if desired!.
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6 eggs
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
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DIRECTIONS:
Arrange a large bamboo steamer or a large vegetable steamer over simmering water!. Make sure it is large enough to hold the baking pan!. Line a 9 inch square pan with waxed paper!.
Separate the eggs!. Place the yolks in a large bowl along with the sugar and water!. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture has increased about three times in volume!. Whisk together the flour and the baking powder; sift this over the egg mixture, and fold in gently!. Blend in the extract!.
Whip the egg whites in a clean bowl to stiff, not dry, peaks!. Fold into yolk base!. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and smooth out to edges!. Rap the pan on the counter to get rid of large air bubbles!.
Place the pan into the steamer!. Cover the top of the steamer with a kitchen towel, and place the lid on top; the towel will absorb any steam that collects on top from dripping onto the cake!. Steam for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean!. Cool on a wire rack!. Dust with confectioner's sugarWww@FoodAQ@Com
for whatever you bake insert a toothpick to the center of the cake and you will know it is down when it comes out nearly clean!
here are some recipes;
INGREDIENTS
1 (18!.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored gelatin
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
Combine gelatin mix and cake mix!. Mix well!.
Add next 4 ingredients - oil, eggs, water and lemon extract!. Mix lightly!.
Bake according to instructions on back of cake box!.
To Make Frosting: Combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice!.
When cake is done, and while still hot, ice with frosting!.
Heres is what it should come out looking like;
http://allrecipes!.com/Cooks-Profile/Phot!.!.!.
CINNAMON SUPPER CAKE
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375°F!.
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy!. Add 1 egg and beat well!. Add vanilla to milk and stir in!.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt!. Add to above mixture!. Beat until smooth, about 1 minute!.
Grease and lightly flour a round 9 inch cake pan or 8 inch square pan!.
Spread batter evenly and bake for 20-25 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean!.
Remove from oven and spread immediately with butter!. Sift powdered sugar and cinnamon over cake!. Serve warm!.
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
here are some recipes;
INGREDIENTS
1 (18!.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored gelatin
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
Combine gelatin mix and cake mix!. Mix well!.
Add next 4 ingredients - oil, eggs, water and lemon extract!. Mix lightly!.
Bake according to instructions on back of cake box!.
To Make Frosting: Combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice!.
When cake is done, and while still hot, ice with frosting!.
Heres is what it should come out looking like;
http://allrecipes!.com/Cooks-Profile/Phot!.!.!.
CINNAMON SUPPER CAKE
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375°F!.
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy!. Add 1 egg and beat well!. Add vanilla to milk and stir in!.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt!. Add to above mixture!. Beat until smooth, about 1 minute!.
Grease and lightly flour a round 9 inch cake pan or 8 inch square pan!.
Spread batter evenly and bake for 20-25 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean!.
Remove from oven and spread immediately with butter!. Sift powdered sugar and cinnamon over cake!. Serve warm!.
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com