Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Cake Instructions, Step by Step:


Good Morning/Afternoon to all who come and visit. I am so happy that some of you have already made the cake--it is a really yummy cake and easy to make. Today I am showing step by step instructions on how to make the cake---->

First make sure you have all the ingredients:

Yellow Cake:
2 3/4 Cup of All Purpose Flour
2 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powdered
1/2 cup Butter or Margarine
1 3/4 cups Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 Eggs
1 1/4 cups Milk


This is how I butter and flour my pans--I use two 9 inch rounds and I get a little baggy and put some butter on it and use my hand in the baggy to butter the pan all around:

Then I put a spoonful of flour in the pan and shake it all around until the flour is well coated all around the pan as shown:
These are my two well coated buttered and floured pans:
Now for the ingredients---use a measuring cup and measure out the amount of flour and use a butter knife or the side of the jar to measure evenly:
Pour the flour into
a bowl: salt:
Baking powder--put the bowl of dry ingredients aside:
In a mixing bowl put your room temperature butter or margarine in a mixing bowl and beat for about 30 seconds. I used a hand mixer, but you can also use a stand mixer or your own hand:)
Then add the sugar and the vanilla and beat until well combined:

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing one minute after each:

Add milk and the dry ingredients alternately, little by little, beating each time:
Beating:
Adding some of the flour:
All the ingredients are all together now:

Pour the mixture into the floured pans, and use a spatula to get every drop:


Here are the pans filled with the cake batter all ready to go into the oven:
Cook the cake at 375' for 30- 35 minutes---only you know your oven, so you will have to keep an eye on your cakes, my cake was actually done cooking at 26 minutes: I use the toothpick trick to make sure the cake is cooked all the way through. Stick a toothpick in the center and if it pulls out clean your cake is done:


See the toothpick is clean--cake is done--yay!!! I let the cake cool on that wire rack for about ten minutes, then I turned them over onto two plates and let them cool completely before I frosted them:



Tomorrow, I am going to show you step by step how I made the lemon frosting to go on the cake:) I hope you enjoyed my cake making adventure--have a wonderful Tuesday my friends!!!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing these directions, Julieann!! The cake looks delicious and I would love to try to make it... I have never actually baked a cake from scratch before, but they always seem to taste so much better than the ones from a mix!! =)

Amy said...

Thank you for sharing these lovely directions! Baking is a favorite pastime of mine and learning some new tips is always very exciting. :o)

Mimi said...

Thanks for taking us through that step by step!

Elizabeth

theups said...

Thank you for sharing these clear directions, Julieann!! My mouth is watering soooo bad now!! YUMM!!

His,
Mrs. U

Carole Burant said...

Hello dear Julieann:-) I'm back from my trip and trying to play catch up with everyone!! Oh my, your cake looks absolutely delicious and it's one I will definitely have to try also!! The next time I have company over for dinner, that's what I'm making for dessert! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe and step by step for it:-) xox

Anonymous said...

OOoo, thanks for sharing this. Wow, the time you put into this. Wonderful pictures.
Blessings