How do you make cake from stratch ???????!
How do you make cake from stratch ???????
My friend ask me this question and i thought about it and relized it was a good question. Anyways,PLEASE ANSWER !!!!!!!!
Answers:
Easy Chocolate Cake
If the sides aren't perfectly glazed, press in chocolate shavings for an easy cover-up.
Ingredients
Serves 8
* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
* 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for pan
* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup sugar
* 3 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* Chocolate Glaze
* Sweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)
* Chocolate shavings, for serving (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees;. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan; line bottom with wax paper. Butter paper; dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture alternating with sour cream, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
3. Spread batter into prepared pan. Tap pan firmly on countertop several times to force out large air bubbles. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven, Cool 10 minutes in pan, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely (bottom side up). Set rack over a rimmed baking sheet. Pour glaze over; spread gently to coat entirely. Let stand until set. Garnish with chocolate shavings. Serve with whipped cream.
Chocolate Glaze
Ingredients
Makes Enough for One 8-inch Cake
* 4 ounces coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
Directions
1. Place chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Let cool until thick yet pourable, 2 to 3 minutes.
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go to www.foodnetwork.com and they will tell you how.
mix the scratch with flour,water,sugar and eggs--then put it in the oven.
I'm not much of a baker but I've done this one I got off http://allrecipes.com I also sub'ed unsalted butter for 1/2 the shortening
Yellow Cake Made from Scratch
SUBMITTED BY: Foxy
"Very simple cake, anyone can make it. You may substitute butter or margarine for half of the shortening if you desire."
Original recipe yield:
1 - 9x13 inch cake
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating just to combine. finally, stir in vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Frost and enjoy.
It just means don't make it from a boxed mix. Here my fave recipe for you:
Chocolate Sheet Cake
Melting the chocolate and butter in the microwave is quick and neat, but it can also be done in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan containing 2 inches of simmering water. We prefer Dutch-processed cocoa for the deeper chocolate flavor it gives the cake. The baked and cooled cake can be served simply with lightly sweetened whipped cream or topped with any frosting you like. We particularly like Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting (recipe follows).
12 tablespoons (1 ? sticks) unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for greasing the baking pan
? cup cocoa, preferably Dutch-processed
1 ? cups (6 ? ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
? teaspoon baking soda
? teaspoon salt
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
4 large eggs
1 ? cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of a 13 by 9-inch baking pan with 1 tablespoon butter.
2. Sift together the cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Heat the chocolate and remaining 12 tablespoons butter in a microwave-safe bowl covered with plastic wrap for 2 minutes at 50 percent power; stir until smooth. (If not fully melted, heat 1 minute longer at 50 percent power.) Whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Whisk in the buttermilk until smooth.
3. Whisk the chocolate into the egg mixture until combined. Whisk in the dry ingredients until the batter is smooth and glossy. Pour the batter into the prepared pan; bake until firm in the center when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool on a wire rack to room temperature, at least 1 hour; serve, or ice with frosting, if desired. (The cake can be wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature for up to 2 days.)
Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting
Makes about 2 cups, enough to ice one 13 by 9-inch cake
This frosting needs about an hour to cool before it can be used, so begin making it when the cake comes out of the oven. Use the best-quality milk chocolate you can find--it will make a big difference in this recipe.
? cup heavy cream
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon light or dark corn syrup
10 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
? cup (2 ounces) confectioners' sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
1. Heat the cream, salt, and corn syrup in a microwave-safe measuring cup on high until simmering, about 1 minute, or bring to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat.
2. Place the chocolate in the workbowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. With the machine running, gradually add the hot cream mixture through the feed tube; process 1 minute after the cream has been added. Stop the machine; add the confectioners' sugar to the workbowl and process to combine, about 30 seconds. With the machine running, add the butter through the feed tube one piece at a time; process until incorporated and smooth, about 20 seconds longer.
3. Transfer the frosting to a medium bowl and cool at room temperature, stirring frequently, until thick and spreadable, about 1 hour.
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It has recipes for quite a few tasty cakes that can be prepared easily from home ..
Genoise Cake
This simple, delicious cake recipe is from France. It's classic, versatile, and buttery.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup flour
* 1./2 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. vanilla
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs at high speed until very light and fluffy. Sift together flour and baking powder, then fold into batter.
Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a buttered 8" square cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until light golden brown, and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.