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If you are planning a particular event for yourself or for someone like a wedding, birthday party, an anniversary, a cake is usually the dessert of choice to commemorate the event. Cakes have been a part of numerous civilizations for for many years from as far back as the Vikings and the Roman Empire. Certainly you can go out and order a cake from a pastry store, but that takes away from the experience of making it on your own. A cake can be made with many different types of consistency, from bread-like textures to some rich light cakes. Nowadays most of the equipment used for baking can be conveniently found in almost every home so even the most amateur cook can make a great cake. This article will offer you with the step by step details on how to go about making a plain cake.

How To Make A Cake

Things you will need:

2 cups of sugar

1 cup of butter

3 cups of flour

4 eggs

1 tablespoon of vanilla

1 cup of milk

1 teaspoon of salt

Container

Stove

Salt

Strainer

Instructions are as follows:

1. Utilize the strainer to filter the flour into a container and then calculate the quantity you need for creating the cake.

2. Then add the salt and baking powder and sieve the mixture again.

3. Add in the softened butter and mix it using either a spoon or a food processer it out until it becomes smooth. Then when this is done measure out the amount of sugar and steadily start to add to the batter.

4. Open all the eggs into a container to make sure that none of them are spoilt. Once all of them are in and ready, start to add in the eggs one by one and beat them well after each addition.

5. Add the milk with vanilla until the mixture comes together. While you are mixing, the mixture will seem to curdle but after continuous mixing, when putting in the dry ingredients, it will come together.

6. Now preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and allow it to heat up and apply butter to oil the base of the cake tins.

7. When the mixture finally becomes consistent, then fold in the flour mixture and pour into the baking tins. Create a dip in the center of the mixture so that it does not rise when baking.

8. Bake the cakes in the oven for 30 minutes but do not open the oven within the first 15 minutes.

Tips and Warnings

* You can use a cross section of baking containers to achieve various shape of cakes. Some persons prefer to create round cakes, square cakes, heart shapes and others.

* If you are planning a wedding, birthday or anniversary you can make your own icing and use it to garnish your cake, with drawings and even display phrases to whoever the cake is made for.

Here are more useful tips on how to make a cake.