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How can you make a really nice cake with no more than 5 ingredients?
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∙ 11y ago
To Make the actual cake, buy a Dark Chocolate cake mix or red velvet cake mix from the store.
Follow the instrutions on the box and let the cake bake.
To decorate the cake, i recommend a rich vanilla or buttercream frosting.
Frost the cake on all sides and cover in fondant
Fondant can be bought at Michael's craft store, or and baking store.
On top of the fondant, place three blueberies or strawberries in a triangle (this will make it look fancy)
Lastly, put your cake on a nice plate. Put the person's favorite food that you are making the cake for. ( I made a cake for my brother and layed out fig newtons on the side of the cake.)
Serve the cake to your people and watch their faces light up
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is possible to make a really nice cake with only five ingredients: flour, sugar, milk, eggs, and some flavoring of your choice, probably either vanilla extract or baker's chocolate. More complicated cakes are also possible, of course, but even five ingredients works quite well. You will need to consult a cook book for a specific recipe that contains those ingredients.
The above ideas are great, but the flour "must" be self-rising, self-rising flour comes with the leavening agent added to the flour already, although for cakes, generally self-rising flour does not contain enough leavening agent to make the cake rise very well alone. The next issue is that the cake may turn out with a "tough" texture as the ingredients listed above does not include some type of "fat", milk alone is not enough. Most cake recipes will call for Butter, Shortening (such as Crisco) or vegetable oil. I have been baking and cooking for nearly 30 years and yet have found a recipe (at least a good one) that contains any less than 7 ingredients for a cake, those are:
1. Flour
2. Butter
3. Eggs
4. Milk
5. Baking Powder
6. Sugar
7. Flavoring Extract
Good Luck and Happy Eating
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∙ 12y agoIt is not possible to make a cake with only one ingredient, unless that ingredient is "cake." Perhaps this question needs to be in the riddle category.
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