4 thirty cake Recipes

butter or margarine, softened, granulated sugar, light brown sugar , firmly packed, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, milk, vanilla extract, grease and flour three nine-inch round cake pans and preheat oven to 350of. cream the butter or margarine with both granulated sugar and light brown sugar until very light and fluffy, then add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to the batter alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry mixture. stir in the vanilla extract. divide batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake in the center of the preheated oven for twenty-five to thirty minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the layers comes out clean. cool layers in their pans over a rack for ten minutes, then loosen and turn out layers directly onto racks for cooling. cool layers thoroughly before icing (recipe follows). recipe yields a nine-inch, three-layer cake.

self-rising flour, white sugar, shortening, milk, eggs, vanilla extract

chocolate espresso cake, when it comes out of the oven the cake should still be moist - sticky even - in the middle. as it cools the cake will sink slightly and the crust will crisp., on cooling , the outside of the cake becomes sponge-like, whilst the center remains dense and fudgy., fine dark chocolate, chopped, a small espresso (about 3 tbsp very strong coffee), butter, diced, eggs, separated, golden caster sugar, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, line the base of a 8-9 inch shallow springform cake pan with silicone baking parchment paper, buttering the pan lightly to hold it in place., melt the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. as soon as it starts to soften, add the coffee and leave it for two or three minutes. stir very gently, then when the chocolate has melted add the butter. stir until it has melted., meanwhile , beat the egg whites with an electric mixer till stiff, then fold in the sugar. mix the baking powder with the cocoa powder and flour. remove the chocolate from the heat, quickly stir in the egg yolks, then slowly, firmly, and gently fold the melted chocolate into the egg whites. lastly sift in the flour and cocoa mixture., stir the mixture tenderly with a large metal spoon, taking care not to knock out any air. it should feel light and wobbly. do not overmix - just enough to fold in the flour. scoop into the lined pan and bake in an oven preheated to 350of for thirty-five minutes. leave to cool in its pan, then turn out.