How to Make Easy White
Yellow or Chocolate Cake
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Here's some quick and easy cake recipes for a basic yellow or white cake. Also see Birthday Cake Ideas and Valentines Day Cake Ideas
White or Yellow Cake ( my recipe file )
3
cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup
soft shortening or margarine
1 egg (for white cake use 2 egg whites)
1
cup milk
1/4 cup melted shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift dry ingredients. Combine with other ingredients. Beat well and pour into an greased and floured pan Bake at 365 for 25 min. If formed into cupcakes, bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
Basic Layer Cake ( 1953 cookbook )
1/3 cup shortening3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs together. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add alternately with the milk to the first mixture. Add vanilla and beat thoroughly. Bake in 2 greased layer cake pans at 400 for 25 minutes. Cool
Easy Cake ( 1953 cookbook)
2
eggs beaten
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup hot water
1 Tblsp butter
$100 Cake Recipe ( old church cookbook )
Sift
together:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp soda
3 Tablespoons
cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
Mix together good:
1/2 cup salad dressing
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Then add to dry ingredients and bake
in cake pans till done at 350.
Easy Chocolate frosting - Add powdered cocoa to sweetened condensed milk till it is of a spreading consistency.
Pineapple Sheet Cake Recipe
2 eggs
4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons
soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 can crushed pineapple
Combine all ingredients
in a large mixing bowl, Beat well Pour batter into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes
Cool in pan until slightly warm then top with frosting.
Frosting:
8
oz cream cheese softened
1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1
teaspoon vanilla
Combine all ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl,
beat
well till smooth. Spread over warm pineapple cake.
Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe
I added the chocolate icing because it is the one that goes with this recipe. This is a great sheet cake for a large group or party. I have been making it for years. If you don't have buttermilk, add a teaspoon of vinegar to a cup of milk and let it sit 5 min.
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
2
cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1 cup cold
water
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup salad oil
Boil water, margarine and oil. Pour over flour and sugar and beat till creamy. Add buttermilk, soda and eggs, beat again. Pour into greased and floured 17 x 11 inches. Bake at 400 for 16 to 18 minutes.
Icing
1 stick margarine; 1/4 cup cocoa;
1/3 cup buttermilk; 1 box powdered sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Boil margarine, cocoa and buttermilk. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, beat and spread on cooled cake. Sprinkle pecans on top or add to the icing and spread.
Quickie Chocolate Cake
Mix:
1 tsp. salt
3 cup flour
2 cup sugar
2
tsp. soda
6 tbsp cocoa
Add to dry ingredients:
3/4 cup oil
2
tbsp vinegar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cup cold water
Grease and flour pan. Beat together and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 2/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1
tsp vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
2/3 cup cocoa
1 1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp
baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup water
Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large mixer bowl. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. In a seperate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. add alternately with water to creamed mixture. Blend just until combined. Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch pans or a 13 x 9 pan.
Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done in the middle. Cool 10 minutes, remove from pan. Cool completely and frost with Hershey's Buttercream Frosting.
Easy Chocolate Cake
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp soda
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp
salt
3 Tblsp cocoa
1 cup water
1 Tblsp vinegar
6 Tblsp oil
1 tsp
vanilla
Combine all ingredients. Bake 325 for 25 minutes
1
Minute Fudge Frosting
2 cups sugar; 1/4 cup whte syrup; 4 Tblsp cocoa;
1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 c milk; 1/2 cup Crisco; 1 tsp vanilla. Boil 1 minute, cool and
beat
Prize Chocolate Cake
1/4 cup butter - soft
1/4 cup shortening
2
cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 tsp soda
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 tsp
baking powder
1 3/4 cups milk
3/4 cup cocoa
1 3/4 cup flour
Grease and flour pans, or just oil the bottom of the pan. Mix well in order given after each addition. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 min. Remove from pans after 10 minutes of cooling. Use a 9 x 13 pan if you like, cook 25 min.
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