Saturday, January 7, 2012

Adding Variety

Now that you have successfully baked your first cake, we can add variations to it. The basic ingredients and procedure remains as before, just follow the added instructions.

Chocolate Layer Cake


Divide your batter into two parts. Add 2 tsp cocoa powder , and 1 tbs milk to one part and mix gently.Pour the chocolate batter into the cake tin , and smoothen the surface by tapping the tin gently on the counter top.Now pour  the other half of the batter over this, and bake as before.
The cake looks beautiful when sliced.

Marble Cake


Divide the batter into 3 parts. Add cocoa powder to one, and a few drops of red colour to the other.Now you have batter in three colours. Drop small dollops of batter in all three colours into the cake tin so that you have a beautiful multicoloured cake. Now run a fork  through the batter in a circular motion  just once, gently mixing the three colours.Allow to bake.

Caramel Cake


Take a tbsp of granulated sugar in a thick bottom pan, add a few drops of water and keep on low heat. Allow the sugar to caramalize to a very dark colour. Remove the pan from the heat, and carefully add 1/4 cup of water. Be very careful doing this, as the water may splutter onto your hands.Put the pan back on the heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Let boil gently till all the caramel is dissolved. Allow to cool. Add this mixture to the cake batter. If you find the batter too flowey, add a tbs of flour.Bake as before.
You will love the flavour of this cake.

Till next time, Happy Baking !

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