Before we kick off, let's define cake and its importance.
According to Wikipedia, "Cake is a form of sweet dessert that is typically baked. In its oldest forms, cakes were modifications of breads, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and that share features with other desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies."
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Below are some reasons for baking cakes:
- To entertain visitors.
- For weddings , birthday and other anniversary
- For personal use i.e eating.
Ingredients used in cake baking:
Baking flour, butter, eggs, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, honey, mixed fruit and your rum for preservative.
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Procedures:
Using a measuring cups or scale to get the quantity of flour needed (depend on the kind of pan or cake you want ). Set aside in a dry plate , add your baking powder.
Use a bigger plate to measure the butter and sugar. Mix very well until fluffy and creamy. (You can use cake mixer or spatula.)
Using the same mixer in a separate plate to break the eggs and mix very well. Set aside
Bring the bigger plate with butter and sugar, add the flavour (can vanilla, berry , pineapple, banana etc) of your choice one cup each. Add honey if you like , mixed fruit , and preservatives to it. Mixed very well until it incorporate together.
Then add the egg mixture little by little , mix and sprinkle the dry ones i.e flourand others. Keep doing this until all mixture is well incorporated together. Set aside the mixture.
Greeze four cake pan with your butter and sprinkle dry flour on it, this is to avoid it from getting burnt easily and also help to bring out the baked cake when it is fully baked.
Preheat your oven or local one, i.e using stove and a pot.
Turn the mixture into your cake pan and place it carefully inside the oven, cover the oven very well and allow to bake for 45minutes as the case maybe.
Using a toothpick place it inside the cake , if it comes out clean then it means your cake is ready and if not give it some time.
Your cake is ready. You can then serve with cold juice or yogurt.
Please, comment and creative criticism are welcomed
Note: All photos without source are personal photos.