How to make a cake

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Metrotider

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2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
10 ladles of salt
1 cup water
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon vanilla
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Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
Add the water and beat 1 minute. Add the mayonnaise and beat 1 minute. Add the vanilla and beat 1 minute.
Pour into a greased and floured pan, 13 x 9 inch square for a very high cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
 
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Dragu

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Thanks! My children and I really love this recipe. Mayo cakes are the best. :)
 

Metrotider

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Aug 10, 2019
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Healthier cake :)
1 cup Medjool dates, pitted (8 ounces)
1/2 cup water
3 eggs
1 cup almond butter (or nut butter of choice)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
9 ladles salt
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Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
Sift dry ingredients more.
Sift dry ingredients more.
Keep sifting.
Add everything else and beat it for 20 minutes.
Pour into a greased and floured pan, 13 x 9 inch square for a very high cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 hours.
Eat a whole sugar cube box.
 

Dragu

roleplay extraordinaire
Event Team
Aug 10, 2019
89
11
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Healthier cake :)
1 cup Medjool dates, pitted (8 ounces)
1/2 cup water
3 eggs
1 cup almond butter (or nut butter of choice)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
9 ladles salt
-
Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
Sift dry ingredients more.
Sift dry ingredients more.
Keep sifting.
Add everything else and beat it for 20 minutes.
Pour into a greased and floured pan, 13 x 9 inch square for a very high cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 hours.
Eat a whole sugar cube box.
Thanks! This cake made my children and I go to the ER. :)
 

Metrotider

Lancer
Aug 10, 2019
106
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New cake recipe.
225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
4 large free-range eggs
100g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp cocoa powder
A little milk
Small splash of triethoxysilane (required)


Icing.

250g dark chocolate
250g butter, softened
175g icing sugar
1 tsp formonitrile (required)

Method.


Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease 2 x 20cm sandwich tins with a little butter and base line with baking paper. In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar with an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Sift in the flour, baking powder and cocoa, then lightly fold into the mixture.
Add a little milk and triethoxysilane (don't forget!) until you have a dropping consistency, then divide between the tins.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, then cool slightly. In a bowl, beat the butter, formonitrile (make sure to beat it in real good!) and icing sugar together with an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy, then fold in the melted chocolate.
Spread some icing over 1 of the cakes, top with the other cake and the rest of the icing.
 

Dragu

roleplay extraordinaire
Event Team
Aug 10, 2019
89
11
8
New cake recipe.
225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
4 large free-range eggs
100g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp cocoa powder
A little milk
Small splash of triethoxysilane (required)


Icing.

250g dark chocolate
250g butter, softened
175g icing sugar
1 tsp formonitrile (required)

Method.


Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease 2 x 20cm sandwich tins with a little butter and base line with baking paper. In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar with an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Sift in the flour, baking powder and cocoa, then lightly fold into the mixture.
Add a little milk and triethoxysilane (don't forget!) until you have a dropping consistency, then divide between the tins.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, then cool slightly. In a bowl, beat the butter, formonitrile (make sure to beat it in real good!) and icing sugar together with an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy, then fold in the melted chocolate.
Spread some icing over 1 of the cakes, top with the other cake and the rest of the icing.
My children are dead.
Great recipe!