16 kitchen basic cake Recipes

vanilla cupcake , recipe follows, basic glaze icing , tinted deep yellow, recipe follows, blue twisted licorice stick, green coconut grass, blue malted milk eggs, sugar, unsalted butter , cut into 1-inch pieces, eggs, egg yolks, milk, water, pure vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, fine salt, sugar, water, light corn syrup, pure vanilla extract, as desired (see suggested colors below)

unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans, all-purpose flour, plus more for the pans, baking powder, salt, sugar, eggs, at room temperature, vanilla extract, heavy cream

basic chocolate cake, baked and cooled, strawberry ice cream, softened, raspberries and/or quartered strawberries, sugar, cold heavy cream, vanilla extract

heavy cream, semisweet chocolate, finely chopped, instant espresso powder, vanilla extract, coffee liqueur (optional), milk chocolate, finely chopped, unsalted butter, at room temperature, salt, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract, basic chocolate cake, baked and cooled, basic vanilla cake, baked and cooled

whole milk, granulated sugar, cornstarch, peppermint extract, egg , plus 1 yolk, white chocolate, finely chopped, chocolate chips, plus more for topping, cold heavy cream, sugar, peppermint extract, basic chocolate cake, baked and cooled

sugar, egg yolks, fresh lemon juice, grated lemon zest, cornstarch, salt, cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, basic vanilla cake, baked and cooled

unsalted butter, at room temperature, salt, sugar, vanilla extract, milk, basic vanilla cake, baked and cooled, sprinkles , for decorating

white chocolate, finely chopped, unsalted butter, at room temperature, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, basic vanilla cake, baked and cooled, chocolate sandwich cookies or other cookies, chopped

whole milk, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, egg, semisweet chocolate, finely chopped, semisweet chocolate, finely chopped, salt, heavy cream, basic chocolate cake, baked and cooled

egg whites, sugar, almond extract, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, at room temperature, honey, basic vanilla cake, baked and cooled, apple butter, sliced almonds, toasted, for topping

heavy cream, semisweet chocolate, finely chopped, salt, orange marmalade, basic chocolate cake, baked and cooled, orange marmalade, sugar, light corn syrup, heavy cream, unsalted butter, flaky sea salt, for topping

vanilla cupcake , recipe follows, basic glaze icing , tinted light blue, green coconut grass, pastel malted milk eggs, sugar, unsalted butter , cut into 1-inch pieces, eggs, egg yolks, milk, water, pure vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, fine salt, sugar, water, light corn syrup, pure vanilla extract, as desired (see suggested colors below)

unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or dutch process), all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, at room temperature, vegetable oil, sour cream, vanilla extract

unsalted butter, slightly firm, unsalted butter, softened, all-purpose flour , sifted, table salt, eggs, pure vanilla extract, superfine sugar, powdered sugar , for dusting