How do you make chocolate cake from scratch?

Answer 1

One Recipe:

Put the oven on 180 degrees C. Now mix together 100g of caster sugar with 100g of butter and mix until light and fluffy. Carefully mix in two eggs, one at a time with 100g of flour or only put 75g of flour and add 25g cocoa powder to make chocolate cake. Put into two small cake tins and put in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Frost the top of one cake, cover it with the other, and frost the sides and top.

Another Easy Cake From Scratch Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup milk

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 eggs

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
• Add flour mixture alternating with milk, beating to combine as you add.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Answer 2

First you need: * 1 cup of softend butter * 1-and-1/2 cup of sugar * 1 cup of Hot Chocolate mix * 3 large eggs * 3 large egg yolks * 1 tbsp of vanilla * 3 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour * 2 and 1/2 tsp baking powder * 1 tsp of salt # First pre-heat oven to 375 degrees # mix all the ingredients in large bowl # blend at a medium speed for 2 mins # pour into a pan and bake it in the oven for 20-30 mins (see related question)

Answer 3

200g - Self Raising Flour

200g - Caster Sugar

200g - Margarine

4 Eggs

Teaspoon of Baking Powder

2 Teaspoons of Vanilla Essence

Method:

1. Cream margarine and sugar until a pale yellow/white colour

2. Gradually add the eggs (beaten) to the mixture adding a table spoon of flour with each to prevent curdling

3. Add the remaining flour with the baking powder and fold.

4. Add the vanilla essence

5. Place in a greased cake tin and bake at 170 degrees for 40mins (Until the cake starts to turn a bit brown on top)

6. Remove from tin and leave to cool.

Its very nice if topped with vanilla butter cream and filled with jam :)

Answer 4

Fluffy White EGGLESS Cake

In 2-cup measuring container:

1 tbsp vinegar

1 ½ cups milk

½ cup oil

1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

In large mixing bowl:

2 - 1/8 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 - 1/8 cups sugar

*Preheat the oven to 350º. Grease/flour 2 - 8" cake pans or line with parchment paper.

Place the 1 tbsp of vinegar in a liquid measuring cup and fill the cup with milk to equal 1 ½ cups. Stir well (the mixture will curdle).

Add the canola oil, vanilla extract.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add the wet to the dry ingredients and beat until smooth using a hand-held mixer, stopping once to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Fill cake pans half full. Bake 15 to 20 min. or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and dry from the centre of the cake.

Let cool for 5 min then place on a wire rack.

If not frosting, and you want it to look festive, sprinkle coloured baking candies over the top before baking.

Answer 5

Well, first you want to have the ingredients...

Ingredients

1+1/2 cup all purpose flour

(optional)- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

2 tablespoons baking POWDER

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup melted butter

2 eggs

Method

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F

grease 9 in. cake tin

mix all dry ingredients and vanilla essence in a bowl(a size that fits all the ingredients.

melt butter at low heat and add it to the dry ingredients. add eggs and milk too.

mix everything until smooth

bake the cake in the oven for about 35 to 45 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out of the center of the cake clean.

then let the cake cool before taking it out of the tin or else it will fall apart and the it is ready to eat unless you want to add frosting.

Answer 6

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