BASIC CAKE TYPES & RECIPE

BASIC CAKE RECIPE
TYPES OF CAKES
Classic white cake
Banana cake
Chocolate cake
Dry fruits cake
Vanilla cake
Strawberry cake  etc.

CLASSIC WHITE CAKE:
Ingredients:
Flour -3cups
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Butter or margarine -250gm
Vanilla - 4caps
Milk – 1 tin milk
Egg white - 5
Sugar - 1cup

Methods:
Spray pans with butter and dust with flour before baking begins.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour and baking powder, set aside.
In a large cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy, add vanilla and beat well.
Add flour to butter mixture alternatively with milk. Beat well after each addition.
In separate bowls beat egg whites within stiff but not dry, gently fold into the batter. If batter will be tinted divide batter until desired color is reached, pour batter into prepared pans, bake for 30 minutes.
And Good luck.

BANANA CAKE RECIPES
Ingredients:
Flour - 3cups
Baking soda - teaspoon
Butter -250gm
Granulated sugar - 1cup
Eggs - 5
Vanilla - 4caps
Ripe bananas mashed - 2
Cup sour cream -1cup

Methods:
Spray your pan with butter and flour before baking begin in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and set aside in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, vanilla and banana mix well.
Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, (use lemon juice and little water on powder milk to make sour cream) blend thoroughly but do not over mix.
Pour into prepared pan. Good luck.

CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE
Ingredients:
Flour - 3cups
Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
Chocolate bar - 6 squares and cocoa powder three table spoons.
Butter - 250gm
Granulated sugar -250gm
Eggs -5
Vanilla - 4cups
Cup milk - 3cups

Methods:
Spray pans with butter and flour baking begins. In medium bowl, combine flour soda in a large microwavable bowl, place chocolate and butter, microwave at high power of 2 minutes or until butter is melted. (Mixture can also be melted on top of range is heavy saucepan over low heat) stir until chocolate is completely
 melted.
Combine chocolate with sugar in a large mixer bowl beat with electric mixer until well blended.
Add eggs one at a time, and vanilla. Mix well
 Add flour mixture alternately with milk beat until well blended and smooth
NOTE:
In case you don’t have chocolate bar you can also use cocoa powder. Good luck.

DRY FRUIT CAKE RECIPE
Ingredient:
Flour - 3cups
Baking powder ½ teaspoon 25ml
Butter - 250gm
Granulated sugar - 1cup
Vanilla - 2cups
Butter scotch - 2 cups
Ginger - 1 piece
Eggs - 5
Nut meg - 1 seed
Almond - 1 seed
Brown sugar or brownie - 2 table spoon
Dry fruit socked in brandy - half cup
Brandy - 4 table spoon
Lemorien and Lemon juice - 1 table spoon each

Methods:
Spray pans with butter and flour before baking begins, in a medium bowl with electric mixer beat sugar, butter together until fluffy in another small bowl, beat eggs and flavors together then you pour into the butter mixture mix well
add ginger, grated almond seed, net meg together with your socked dry fruit beat well alternately after each addition until smooth.
Good luck, and bake for 45 minutes.

VANILLA CAKE RECIPE
Ingredients:
Flour - 3cups or 12 cups
Baking powder - 2.5 half teaspoon or(4 2.5 or 2 teaspoon)
Butter - 250gm  or(4 simas)
Granulated sugar – 1cup or(4 cups)
Eggs – 5 or (20 eggs)
Optional milk -1cup or (4cups)
Lemon reins lemon juice 1 - table spoon each or(4 table spoon)
Ginger - 1 piece or (4piece)

Methods:
Spray pans with butter and flour before baking begins in a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder set aside in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy, add eggs, and vanilla, mix well.
Add flour mixture and lemon juice together with lemon rein mix alternately with milk, (optional) beating well after each addition, and bake for 45 munities. Good luck.

STRAWBERRY CAKE RECIPE
Ingredients:
Flour - 3cups
Baking
Powder - 1.5 (one and half) tea spoon
Granulated sugar - 1cup
Butter -250gm
Eggs - 5
Vanilla - 4cups
Cup milk - 1cup
Sliced strawberries in syrup

Methods:
Spray pans with butter and flour before baking begins in a medium bowl,
combine flour and baking powder, set aside
in a large bowl cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy,
And add eggs one at a time and vanilla then mix well, add flour mixture alternately with milk.
Starting with the flour, mix well and fold in strawberries and bake for 45 minutes. Good luck.

BUTTER CAKE
Ingredients
500g Butter
300g sugar
500g flour
10 eggs
½ nutmeg seed, grated
1 tsp Vanilla or any other of your choice
2 tbsp baking power
Fruits (optional)

Directions
Grease your pans
Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Beat eggs till light and fluffy
Sift all dry ingredients together
Pour beaten eggs gradually into butter mixture, alternating with flour and beating well after each addition
Remember, folding in is the process used for putting flour and other dry ingredients
Put in your desired flavor or essence
Pour into your 8 or 9 inch pan and bake in a moderately preheated oven for about one hour

Credit - Oyinye Ifejeh