Cakes make a special treat for every kind of celebration. Delicious,
attractive, and easy to make and bring a smile, they are available in
various shapes and sizes. If you don't have much time but want to make
an easy and delicious cake recipe, you need to look for certain
ingredients in your house at first. They are flour, baking soda, sugar,
bananas or eggs, butter or vegetable oil and some additions or
flavoring. With these basic ingredients, you can prepare a cake recipe
very easily.
Flour
Flour
helps build the structure of a cake. Two of the most widely used kinds
of flour in making a cake are whole wheat flour and white flour.
Sugar or liquid sweetener
Sugar
not only makes cakes sweet but also retains moisture in the cake when
it gets baked.White granular sugar is commonly used in cakes. If you
have it in your kitchen, then you could make cake recipes without the
need of any other kind of sweetener.
Baking Soda/Baking powder
Baking
powder or baking soda can be used to make the cake swell and become
soft. If you are using baking soda, then a little amount of salt should
be added to the cake recipe.
Liquid
Liquid
like plain water, soy milk or milk should be used for keeping the
moisture and giving the flavor to a cake after being baked. They also
add to the softness of the cake once it's cooked.
Butter or vegetable oil
Butter or vegetable oil is used to keep the cake moist and tender.
If
there is margarine or butter in your freezer, or you have vegetable oil
in your store cupboard, you don't any other fat items to make a cake.
Common
flavors like lemon extract, almond extract or vanilla extract can be
used in a little amount to give your cake recipe a wonderful touch. You
can also use any other special addition or flavorings like orange,
banana, chocolate or mint to make a brilliant recipe.
