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Best Cake and Frosting tips. For those who are learning to bake.

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First and most easiest, is to start with a box cake mix of any flavor. Depending on what flavor you choose, you might want to have a different kind of frosting, like chocolate, lemon or strawberry. You can start to make your frosting after the cake is put in the oven and the timer has been set.

When making frosting you want to know what you are trying to do on the cake. Whether it is a fancy design or a drizzle, you should always be prepared. In case you are doing a drizzle/drip on your cake, the best place to get drip is at Hobby Lobby, either in store or online. I would suggest going to the nearest store to get cake drip.

First you need to find a recipe that works for you, and is easy enough. Some of the time you can get a bad recipe, which causes the cake to get ruined. Most of the time you will need butter, and powdered sugar. Here is a recipe that is the best frosting ever, and there is no problem with it. It is not too liquidly, not too firm, and tastes amazing.

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cups of powdered sugar, sifted (Sifting is optional)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 3 drops food coloring, or as needed (Optional)

Step 1

Cream butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until smooth and fluffy.

Step 2

Gradually beat in powdered sugar until fully incorporated.

Step 3

Beat in vanilla extract into the bowl.

Step 4 

Add milk and beat for an extra 3 to 4 minutes.

Step 5

Add food coloring, in the event of using, and beat for thirty seconds. Or until smooth or until the desired color is reached.

Step 6

For chocolate frosting, add about ½ or ¾ of a cup of cocoa powder. For lemon frosting us one whole lemon

Reminder

Use immediately after making. Or store buttercream in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days. If you want the buttercream the next day, take the bag out of the refrigerator the next day right as you wake up. The frosting will need time to get to room temperature before decorating.

 

After you have made your frosting and your cake has come out, you want to cup off the bump on the top. Next you will connect how many cakes you made with frosting in the middle. After that you will do a crumb coat, which is a layer of frosting that will make it easier to have a smooth finish. Next, chill the cake in a refrigerator.

Once you have gotten the cake out, the frosting should be ready. You will do a second layer where after you will chill the cake once more. When the cake is out and chilled, you can start to do your design of the cake.

When piping a cake you want to make sure that the bag is secure and it doesn’t have too much frosting. The best trick for the exact purpose of getting frosting into a piping bag is to put the bag with the tip in a tall cup. Next, you will start to fill the bag with frosting. After you have done that, pull the sides, twist the top, and put a clip where the frosting ends. For different piping techniques go here .

To sum up everything that has been stated so far, baking and decorating a cake can be fairly easy as long as you follow the steps/directions. In the end baking is amazing and fun, it is also a good learning experience. Baking should always be fun and never a chore.

How to make a homemade cake from scratch.

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How to make a homemade cake from scratch.

 The ingredients 

 

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (plus extra for greasing the pans)

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 large eggs

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/4 cups whole milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups buttercream frosting, such as basic buttercream

 

The equipment

2 9-inch round cake pans

Stand mixer or a hand mixer

Cookie scoop or measuring cup, for dividing the batter

 

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and then set aside
  3. Prepare that pans:get your 2 9-inch pans with butter put a small amount of butter into the microwave for 15-20 seconds until melted. When melted rub on the inside bottom of the pan and on the sides.
  4. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy and light. Cream together for about 3 to 5 minutes on medium spread.
  5. Add the eggs one at a time. Beat until the batter is smooth and creamy looking. Adding the eggs one at a time gives them a better chance at incorporating into a smooth batter. Be sure they are room temperature so the batter does not appear clumpy.
  6. Beat in half of the dry ingredients. Add the sifted dry ingredients with the mixer running at low speed. Continue to mix until smooth and no clumps.
  7. Addi in the milk and vanilla by adding small splashes at a time. Sso it does not clump or get over mixed.
  8. Add in the remaining flour mixture until smooth and fully mixed so you can not see any flour. When done mix around with a spatula to make sure there is no more flour at the bottom.
  9. Divide that batter into the cake pans. Use a scale to divide the cake batter into the pans and make sure not to fill the cake pans to high you may think you need to add more but you don’t 
  10. Smooth the top with an offset spatula.
  11. Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes. And then check it with a toothpick to make sure it is fully cooked if not put in for another 5 minutes.
  12. Take out of the oven and put on a heat safe surface and let cool for 15 minutes.
  13. Flip the rounds out of the pan, remove the parchment lining, and flip right-side up to cool completely. 
  14. Frost the cake with buttercream. Information on how to make buttercream.

 

          

            How to make a very easy and fast homemade buttercream.

 

 The ingredients 

3 cups of powdered sugar

⅓ cup of softened butter

1 ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract

1-2 tablespoons of milk

 

Steps

  1. In a medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with a spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
  2. Gradually beat in just enough remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. Frosts 13x 9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.

Making A Cake

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Cakes can go from being very simple to make to very hard to make. They can be 1 layer or 20 layers. The thing that most matters are it’s taste and appearance. First, I am going to go over a couple of tips for making a delicious cake, then there will be a delicious recipe to make a very great chocolate cake down below.

Tips:

-If your cake is layered, make sure the layers are even

-Once you pull the cake out of the oven, make sure to let it cool down before you frost it or else the frosting WILL melt

-Take your time

-Make sure you are using the correct things to bake and frost it

-When you take it out of the oven, put a toothpick in it and pull it out  if it has batter in it, the cake is not finished and it needs to go in longer

-Preheat the oven while you are making the batter because then it saves a lot of time

-Make sure you butter the pan

 

Making the Cake:

Prep Time is about 15 minutes, cook time is about 35 minutes, the total time is 50 minutes. This recipe makes about 16 servings.

What you’ll need

~ 4 Eggs

 

~ 1 ½ Cups of Buttermilk

~ 1 ½ Cups of Warm Water

~ ½ Cup of Vegetable Oil

~ 2 Tsp of Vanilla Extract

~ 1 ½ Tsp of Salt

~ 1 ½ Cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

~ 3 Cups of Granulated Sugar

~ 3 Cups of All-Purpose Flour

~ 1 Tbsp of Baking Soda

~ 1 ½ Tsp of Baking Powder 

(You will also need flour and Butter for coating the pan so the cake doesn’t stick)

Steps

1~ Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, then butter and coat 3, 9 inch round cake pans with flour. Make sure to get it on the WHOLE inside of the pan.

2~ In a stand mixer, mix salt, cocoa powder, sugar, flour, baking soda, and baking powder until combined.

3~ Add the eggs, buttermilk, water, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Beat them together until it is smooth looking.

4~ Divide the batter into the 3, 9 inch dusted pans. Make sure they are each even. 

5~ Put in the oven for 30-35 minutes.

6~ Once the time is done, stick a toothpick into the cake to make sure it is fully baked. If the toothpick comes out gooey, put the cake in for longer. If not then take it out and let it cool down.

7~ If you prefer frosting, then there will be a frosting recipe down below, if not then just layer the cakes and enjoy!

Also you can follow this vanilla cake recipe if you prefer that instead

Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe

The prep time for this recipe should be about 2 minutes, it should take about 6 minutes to make, and 8 minutes overall. It makes about 12 servings.

What you’ll need

~ 3 Cups of confectioners/ Powdered Sugar

~ 1 Cup of Butter

~ 1 Tsp of Vanilla Extract

~ 1 ½ Tbsp of Heavy Whipping Cream

Steps: 

1~ In a stand mixer using a whisk, mix sugar and butter for about 3 minutes.

2~ Add vanilla and cream and mix for 2-3 more minutes.

3~ You are now ready to frost your cake!

How to Frost Your Cake

There’s a lot of different ways to frost your cake. You could make designs or just leave it plain. If you have frosting tips then use those. If not then it would probably be a better idea to use a rubber spatula so then you can spread the frosting evenly throughout the cake. If you want, then you can also dye the frosting a different color using food dye.

You can also follow this recipe for a different type of frosting

Enjoy!

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