Cake Recipes: September 2012

Cake Recipes - What Are the Best Cake Recipes in the World?

This text will continue the topic of cakes and cake recipes. In my last two articles I have written about the best cake recipes in Poland. This time I will give you some examples of the best cake recipes from the world. As always I will be writing about cakes that are cheap, tasty and easy to prepare. So read this text to the end and I'm sure that you will like the information included in it.

The first cake that I would like to present comes from Germany. It's chocolate cake that is very tasty. A lot of people adore this cake. The German chocolate cake recipe includes cocoa, hot water, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, flour, soda, buttermilk or clabber. It's very special, because it tastes like chocolate, but you don't add chocolate to it. You can also add some additions like caramel and other things. As you can see the ingredients are also very cheap and the cake is also very easy to prepare.

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The next cake is very popular in the world (especially in Europe). It's French cake. There are lots of French cake recipes. There are lots of opinions that French cake is difficult to prepare. In fact it only takes a lot of time to prepare because you have to wait for 12 hours, but the process is very easy. I think that French cake is a good dessert. Here you can find ingredients that are included in all French cake recipes. These ingredients are cold water, salt, butter and flour. They are also very cheap. In my opinion you should try to prepare this cake. I recommend it.

Cake Recipes - What Are the Best Cake Recipes in the World?

The next cake recipe that I would like to describe comes from Spain. It's called very simple - Spanish cake. It's very cheap cake and you can prepare it very fast. It's worth it, because its taste is fantastic. You can prepare Spanish cake by using such ingredients as eggs, flour, sugar, baking powder and vinegar. You also have to make a special flock (some kind of cream). You don't need expensive ingredients for flock. You need milk, butter, eggs, tidbits, nuts, chocolate, coffee and spirit. The cake is tasty and there are many different Spanish cake recipes, so you can use other ingredients than these presented in this article.

That's all I wanted to write about the best cake recipes in the world. I hope these facts were interesting for you. I hope you are going to try cakes that I described in this text. Maybe you will look for recipes for other cakes from the world. I hope you have enjoyed this article. Please be very patient and very soon I will write more culinary articles. I hope that you are going to read them. I believe that they will be very interesting for you and they will give you some important culinary information.

Cake Recipes - What Are the Best Cake Recipes in the World?

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Cake Recipes For Diabetics

Diabetes is a dreadful disease that has affected thousands of people across the globe. Being diagnosed with diabetes does not mean you stay away from your favorite cakes or sweets. There are several cakes recipes for diabetics that will not only satisfy your taste buds but will also keep you in good health. The special cakes baked for people with diabetes are generally made of artificial sweeteners that contain zero calories. The artificial sweeteners help you enjoy yummy cakes without having to worry about the blood sugar levels. Browse the internet and there will be a list of cake recipes for diabetics.

Here are some easy to cook cakes recipes for diabetics. These recipes are a perfect combination of taste and good health. So get your writing pads to note down the recipes as you read further.

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Cake Recipes For Diabetics

Ingredients you would require

1 cup raisins, one egg, 1 cup oat meal, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 cup flour, 1 Tsp baking soda, 1 Tbsp sugar substitute, ¼ tsp salt, 1/2 cinnamon and 1 ½ cup water.

Method to bake it

Boil the water and put raisins in it. Few minutes later put all the ingredients one by one. Replace all the ingredients in a loaf pan and bake it at 350 degrees for almost 45 minutes or till the cake is baked. This recipe is for four servings. Healthy and yummy the cake is ready to tickle your taste buds.

Recipe for yet another delicious and a healthy cake for diabetics

Ingredients you would require

3 tsp soda, 2 1/2 cup flour, 3 tsp salt, 2 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp nutmeg, 1 cup butter, 2 tsp vanilla, 2 eggs, 4 cup grated apple,1 tsp liquid sugar substitute, and 1 cup walnut.

Method

Mix all the dry ingredients first and then add butter, eggs and sugar substitute to blend it well. Now stir the mixture in grated apples and nuts. The cake will be well baked in a 9 x 13 pan at 375 degrees. Baking time is about 40 to 50 minutes.

This is another recipe for diabetics who love sponge cake.

Ingredients you would require

7 eggs, 1/2 cup fruit juice especially orange, ¾ tsp cream of tartar, 3 tbsp sugar substitute, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1/4 tsp salt and 1 1/2 cup sifted cake flour.

Method

Take the egg whites and beat it with salt till nice foam is formed. Later add tarter cream to it and make it a bit stiff. Later mix all the remaining ingredients well in a separate bowl. You need to now put these blended ingredients in beaten egg whites. A greased pan would work well for the cake to be baked. Cook it at 350 degrees for almost 40 minutes. Later, check the cake with a tooth pick, if required heat it for some more time till baked. The cake will taste best with a fruit jelly with zero sugar in it.

With such relishing cake recipes for diabetics, one would hardy remember that he/she is affected with diabetes. Cake recipes for diabetics are a boon for people with diabetes.

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Delicious and Easy Baby Shower Cake Recipes

A baby shower is a special time for family and friends to get together and celebrate the excitement of new life. One of the most important aspects of the baby shower is the cake. Of course some people choose to simply visit the bakery and order the usual, boring sheet cake, while others choose to lend a personal touch to the shower and create a one of a kind masterpiece that will be remembered forever.

Creating your own baby shower cake shouldn't require a degree in the culinary arts. What it does require is just a little creativity, a few pans and some basic ingredients used for making any type of cake. You're only limited by your own imagination when it comes to making delicious and easy baby shower cakes.

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Stork Cake

Delicious and Easy Baby Shower Cake Recipes

Ingredients:

3 boxes cake mix, any flavor

2 4 x 6 inch bread pans (rectangular)

1 6 inch round cake pan

1 9 inch round cake pan

1 large piece of cardboard, covered in colored plastic wrap

Embellishments; licorice, round candies

Directions:

Prepare cake mixes according to the directions on the box and pour into each cake pan. Allow cakes to cool completely, you may even wish to freeze them as frozen cake is much easier to work with and will be thawed by the time you are done icing and adding the finishing touches.

Slice one of the bread pan cakes in half to create the legs for the stork, and cut the other bread pan cake in half diagonally. Place the largest round cake in the center of the plastic wrapped cardboard, then use one of the diagonal pieces to create the neck, placing the widest end flush against the round cake.

Remove the extra corner that doesn't meet the round one, and place the 6 inch cake here against the cut edge to connect to the head. The widest part of the other diagonal piece should be placed flush against the head to form the stork's beak. Place the legs on the bottom of the body, and ice in white or pale yellow.

The beak and legs can be iced using black, brown, or orange, or bright yellow icing. Use candies for the eyes, licorice for the wing and for a line through the beak. For an extra touch, add a plastic baby from the craft store and wrap in a white cloth, placing the corners of the cloth at the edge of the stork's beak. The cloth can be secured to the cardboard beneath the cake with discreetly placed push pins.

Easy Butterfly Cake

Ingredients:

3 boxes of cake mix, any flavor

Icing

Food coloring

Heart-shaped cake pan

Muffin tin

Aluminum foil

Cardboard

Candy

Directions:

Prepare the cake mixes according to the directions, using the heart-shaped pan to create the butterfly's wings. If you only have one heart-shaped pan, you'll need to bake the wings separately, allowing time between each to cool. If possible, bake one of the wings the night before to cut down on cooling time.

Cut the cakes from the muffin tin in half and ice with black or dark brown icing for the body of the butterfly. The heart shapes should be placed on either side of the body and colorfully iced. Candy and licorice can be used for eyes and antennae.

More baby shower cake ideas:

- Baby Bunny Cake: Create a pink or blue bunny using round cake pans (or a bunny-shaped one of course), icing, candy drops for the nose and eyes, and square pieces of white gum for the teeth.

- Umbrella Cake: Again using round cake pans, colored icing and some thin licorice for the details, you can easily create a colorful umbrella cake in pink, white, blue, or yellow.

- Baby Bootie Cake: Cupcakes can be cut and shaped into baby booties, iced, and decorated with licorice for the laces.

Delicious and Easy Baby Shower Cake Recipes

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Cake Recipes From Scratch - The Four Most Popular Recipes

Cake is a baked, rich dessert including flour, sugar, eggs and oil. It originated from Europe and now can be found in every corner of the world. It is crucial in every important event of a person like baby shower, graduation party, birthday party, etc. Nowadays, there are huge amount of different sorts of cakes. However, here are the four most popular cake recipes from the scratch.

Ranked at the top of the most preferred cake recipes from scratch is fruit cakes. Fruit is undoubtedly good for our health thanks for its vitamins, fibers and minerals. Fruit cake is easy to make, not time consuming and of course yummy. Strawberry, banana, pineapple, carrot are commonly chosen to make this kind of cakes.

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Then comes Funky cakes. Wanna surprise your loved child on his sixth birthday by a cake with a cartoon character? Wanna give a big heart shaped cake to your half on your tenth anniversary? Funky cakes do help. In fact, the ideas and recipes for this sort of cake is countless.

Cake Recipes From Scratch - The Four Most Popular Recipes

Among the most selected cake recipes from scratch, sugar free recipes are the most hunted. For those who has diabetes or keen to reduce their sugar intake for other reasons, this sort of recipes will help them create a delicious, healthy and sugar free cake.

Finally, what could be better than a chocolate cake for dessert? Chocolate is considered as the king of cake. It is traditional yet delicious and elegant. With no shadow of doubt, it attracts millions of people all over the world by its instinct odor, delicious taste and shining brown.

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A Fancy Twist on Yellow Cake Mixes

Do you like fancy dessert cakes? Are you looking for a few simple recipes that you can make at home that taste just as good as a store bought cake? If so, I think you will enjoy these easy recipes.

Before we get to the recipes, I would like to share a few important baking tips with you.

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Baking Tips:

A Fancy Twist on Yellow Cake Mixes

1. Invest in a cake tester. You can pick up one for less than .00 at most kitchen stores.

2. Don't over bake! I remove mine from the oven 3-4 minutes before the recommended time. They will continue baking in the pan.

3. Don't grease and flour your baking pans unless the recipe calls for it.

4. Always let them cool before frosting.

Banana

2 small bananas
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 box of instant banana cream pudding mix
4 eggs
1 c. water
1/4 c. oil
1/2 c. chopped nuts, optional

Slice bananas into a large mixing bowl. Beat until they are well mashed, then add in the remaining ingredients. Mix with a mixer at medium speed until all ingredients are blended together. Pour into a well greased and floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes, let cool in the pan for 20 minutes before removing. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar when cake is completely cooled.

Lemon

1 box yellow cake mix
1 box instant lemon pudding mix
4 eggs
1/4 c. salad oil
1 c. water
1/4 c. confectioner's sugar

Combine and blend all of the above ingredients (except for the confectioner's sugar). Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into greased and floured baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan and then turn it out onto a wire rack. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar. Let cool and enjoy.

Strawberry Jello

1 box yellow cake mix
1 box strawberry flavored gelatin mix
1 pkg. dream whip

Follow directions on box and bake cake in a rectangular baking pan. Make gelatin according to directions on the package. Once it is done baking, poke holes all over it using a large pronged fork, then pour gelatin all over cake focusing on the holes. Put dream whip on top as icing. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Lemon-Lime Jello

1 box yellow cake mix
1 box lemon flavored gelatin mix
1 box lime flavored gelatin mix
1/3 c. reconstituted lemon juice
1 c. confectioner's sugar

Add gelatin granules to the dry cake mix. Proceed to mix cake, following the directions on the box. Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch floured and greased baking pan. Bake according to package directions. Mix lemon juice and confectioner's sugar together. When it's done baking, prick the surface with a fork. Pour lemon and sugar glaze over the top of the cake. Let cool before serving.

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Homemade Cake Recipes and Wedding Cake Recipes From Scratch

Making wedding cake recipes from scratch is not that difficult. Take it from me. I have been doing this for over 25 years now. The very first of my homemade wedding cakes was a carrot cake recipe and it was from scratch. Homemade wedding cakes are the best. The only time I EVER used a mix was in a high volume situation. It was exclusively the white wedding cake recipe that was slightly time consuming, and the chefs insisted upon my using their mix. If you have ever worked in a professional kitchen then you know how those head chefs can be at times, it is more about saving money and time, but for me it is so much more about quality. I did manage to sneak in all of my homemade fillings though.

Whether you are a professional pastry chef or an amateur baker making homemade wedding cakes for friends and family, these tips may help.

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Tips

Homemade Cake Recipes and Wedding Cake Recipes From Scratch

Try to stick with a simple homemade recipe such as one that does not require a lot of fancy steps. A dump cake recipe is a good choice.
I know it does not sound so delicious but dump recipes basically have one requirement and that is that all ingredients get dumped into the bowl at once and mixed. And that is it. What could be easier than that? One of my best and most frequently requested cake is chocolate buttermilk dump recipe.
Have all of your ingredients measured out and at room temperature before you start the process of putting it all together.
Making a wedding cake if taken in steps is just a matter of multiplying your favorite homemade recipe and baking them off in larger pans.
Fill the cake pans 1/2 to 1/3 full. You can fill a pan a little more if using a lighter batter a little less when using a heavier batter. This is the part that you will need to judge as you gain experience.
Always grease, flour and put parchment or wax paper along the bottom of the pans.
Always let the cakes cool completely before covering and storing. You will need cardboard circles to put under each cake for support when lifting and moving the cakes.
You need to decide how many layers your cakes will be before baking, you can bake each layer separate or cut your cakes in half to make two layers. (It depends on how deep your pans are and how much you fill them as to how many layers you get out of each cake.) For wedding cakes I prefer using a two layer cake with one layer of filling because it keeps the cake a little more stable. But you will need to figure out your preferences.

Homemade Cake Recipes and Wedding Cake Recipes From Scratch

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Cake Recipes - Scrumptious Easy Layer Cake

The best thing about this cake, other than it being so easy, is that you can make it to please your taste buds! You really can choose any ingredients that you would like, but these are the ones that I have used in the past:

Cake

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Pudding

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Fruit

Cool Whip

Here are some other ideas of things that you may wish to choose from:

Cake: yellow, angel food, chocolate, strawberry, white

Pudding: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon, pistachio

Fruit: pineapple, cherry pie filling, bananas, peaches, pears (you can use as many fruits as you would like)

Chocolate chips, cinnamon candy, coconut, walnuts (or any other kind of nuts), are also great options.

Now to "build" your new layer cake, all you need to do is, layer the ingredients into a clear glass bowl. The presentation is so beautiful because you can see all the colors & ingredients through the glass! You may want to choose ingredients & colors to match whatever holiday that you are preparing the cake for.

Start with the cake as the first layer - (break into pieces or cut into squares), add fruit, then some pudding, then cool whip. Cake - fruit - pudding - cool whip, etc - until the bowl is almost filled.
You can then top with items like: coconut, nuts, or cherries if you wish.

If you'd like to have colored coconut, just place coconut in a ziplock bag with a few drops of food coloring, and mix until desired color is reached.

An example of a nice holiday display; a large platter with the glass bowl in the center. Add green coconut "grass" around the platter. Then, add a few nicely placed Easter eggs (candy, or the real ones =) around the green grass.

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Two Most Popular Specialty Cake Recipes

Cakes for special occasions like wedding, birthday, and Christmas are a must. Now you too can bake the cake and decorate it yourself. It is fun in addition to saving money.

The main thing here is the specialty cake recipe. With a good recipe and step-by-step instructions, you can also create palate-tickling specialty cakes. However, keep in mind that baking is also an art and therefore you get the perfect one only after a couple of attempts.

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Here are two most popular recipes for specialty cakes.
1. Birthday cake
Ingredients required
White sugar -1/2 cup
Flour - 2 &1/2 cups
Whipped cream - 2 cups
Fresh milk - 2/3 cup
Egg - 1
Vegetable Shortening - 1/3 cup
Fresh strawberries - 3 cups
Baking powder - 4 teaspoon
Salt - a pinch

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Preparation
Cut the strawberries into thin slices and keep it in half a cup of sugar. Mix the flour, shortening, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and keep it aside. In another bowl, mix milk and egg using a blender. Pour it into the batter and stir well. Transfer the batter into a greased pan. Bake for 20 minutes in an oven preheated at 220 degree Centigrade. Cool the cake and remove from the pan. Cut into two layers and spread strawberries in between and on the top. Dress with cream. Your specialty birthday cake is ready!

2. Christmas cake
Ingredients
Flour - 300 gm
Eggs - 6
Butter - 300 gm
Brown sugar - 300 gm
Black currants - 525 gm
Cherries cut into two - 165 gm
Raisins - 450 gm
Mixed candied peels, chopped - 110 gm
Brandy - 3 tbsp
Powdered spices - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Zest of lemon and a pinch of salt

Preparation
Take a 9 inch cake pan and line it with parchment paper. Mix flour, raisins, currants, cherries, peels salt and spices in a bowl. Whip butter and sugar in another bowl until fluffy. Add lemon zest and beaten egg one after the other. Add flour and fruit in small quantities. Add brandy and mix. Transfer the batter into the pan and bake for 4 & 1/2 hours at gas mark 3. Take it out and cool. It can be iced after a few days.

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Old-Fashion Chocolate Cake Recipes From Grandma's Recipe Box

Just the thought or a picture of a chocolate cake is enough to make most of us mouths water. And for us chocoholics, there's nothing much better. Remember the wonderful old-fashion chocolate cakes your mother and/or grandmother used to make? Now you can make them too. Here are some delicious chocolate cake recipes that could have come straight from that little old recipe box that sat in your grandmother's kitchen.

Miz Maxine's Chocolate Fudge Cake

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2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter (margarine)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cups boiling water

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Cream sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk together. Sift dry ingredients together. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with the boiling water. Bake in a 9 x 13 inch pan in a 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening or butter
3 eggs
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1/2 to 2/3 cup sauerkraut, chopped, rinsed, drained

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Add vanilla, salt and cocoa. Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Alternating, add flour mixture and water. Fold in sauerkraut. Bake in a greased and floured 9x13-inch pan at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes. Frost with your favorite frosting.

MARTHA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

1/4 lb butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup water
4 tbsp cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix butter, shortening, water, and cocoa in pan and bring to a boil. In bowl, mix sugar and flour. Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients and then add eggs, milk, vanilla, and pecans. Cook in a greased and floured loaf pan 20 to 30 minutes at 325 degrees.

ICING
1 1/4 lb butter
4 tbsp cocoa
4 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 box powdered sugar

Five minutes before cake is done start the icing. Melt butter, cocoa, milk in pan. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix in 1/2 cup pecans. Ice cake while it is hot.

Enjoy!

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Cake Recipes: Lose Weight While Eating Your Favorite Cakes!

Use alternative ingredients for you recipe
The solution to losing weight is basically controlling your calorie intake. This can most easily be done when consuming ready made foods, such as cakes, by reading the amount of calories on the information sticker on the actual product. Establish that the calories are not exceeding your required daily intake. But if you're willing to make a cake from scratch, it really is easy to bake a cake with very little calories. You do this by substituting the high-fat/calorie ingredients for low-fat/calorie ingredients. So for example, exchange white flour for cake flour. interchange normal oil with a healthier olive oil. Instead of using a whole egg, use two egg whites alternately. Do you understand where this is going?

Using simple methods such as the ones above not only reduce the calorie content of your cakes, but don't diminish the form. The cakes will remain as soft and spongy once baked, but are much healthier. additional things you could replace are to put the cake into non-stick pans, instead of greasing up the cake pan using butter. Try using brown sugar as a substitute of white sugar.

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Some advice on how to make the best, healthy chocolate cakes ever!
So now you know how to substitute higher calorie ingredients with lower ones, here are some tips on making a great chocolate cake. Firstly, we would recommend using an easy chocolate cake recipe, one that you're comfortable with and that you could tackle. Make sure you have all the tools and kit you'll need to hand prior to starting.

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When preparing the cake mix, make sure that you use a low fat butter, or a margarine for unsurpassed healthy mixes. And again use egg whites rather than whole eggs to keep the calories right down. When putting chocolate into the mixture, we'd suggest using a dark chocolate. The reason being that darker chocolate (the slightly embittered tasting ones) have a higher cocoa content, meaning they contain less fat. If the mixture is not sharp enough, you could try using some cocoa powder to sweeten it up.

When preparing the pan for the cake mixture, make sure you use a non-stick pan. Also try sprinkling a little flour on the pan, this will further prevent the cake from sticking to the pan once it comes out of the oven. This is even more important when using a shaped pan. Ensure that you get into all the little gaps and hollows of the pan with the flour, to you could find some parts of your cake come away with the pan itself. If you don't want to use flour, another healthy options to use a vegetable non-stick spray. They're attainable from most supermarkets.

If you decide to use a layered cake you could try putting reduced fat jello/jelly between the layers. An even better option would be to put sliced fruit, such as strawberries in between the layers.

Not only will your friend and family find such a cake mouthwatering, you are safe in the knowledge that it is a healthier option.

Healthy Birthday cakes
Birthday cakes can be healthy too. By now, hopefully you've understood the additional ingredient method. This can also be used for Birthday Cakes or more special occasions. The cakes become healthy when making the mixture. So when mixing ingredients for a birthday cake, use some imagination and create a sweetened cake mixture, using natural ingredients. Try this one for example. When preparing the mixture, instead of putting a lot of sugar in, replace some of the sugar with a sweet fruit? Examples could be using a banana for instance. Using two bananas would replace quite a bit of sugar, and is all naturally moderate in calories. Try putting some raisins into the mixture. They're naturally tangy and young children enjoy finding them in their cakes. Another option is to use applesauce in the mixture alternatively of oil. Obviously when putting these ingredients into cakes, do the odd 'dip test' to make sure the tang and taste etc are as required.

A Top-Rated Recipe
Here's a great recipe for a healthy cake, which should only take you nearly 30 to 40 minutes to bake.

All you need is an angel cake ready mix and a can of crushed pineapple (and also a bowl, mixer, pan and oven etc)

Instead of using water to mix the angel cake mixer with, empty the crushed pineapple can into the dish and using your mixer, mix until a silky consistency comes about
Pour into a cake pan, preferably a 13 x 9 pan.
Bake in the central tray of your kitchen stove for almost 30-40 minutes, or until the sides of the cake come away from the pan edge
Cut cake into smaller portions, this can serve not far from 12 people, with small portions
Enjoy! This cake only has in effect 0.2 grams of fat, around 145 calories and 34.6g of carbs per serving!

You can adorn the cake if you wish, using icing or frosting, but be mindful of what category you use, as the whole purpose of this cake is to eat healthier.

Losing weight is not only done by eating healthier foods but healthy foods are a staple of a weight loss regime that should include exercise too. In fact exercising is a great way of staying in shape and makes you feel better. So the answer to losing weight seems to be watching what you eat and an active lifestyle. But the point of this feature is to show you that you can still eat your preferred cakes; strawberry cheesecakes, chocolate, frosted or coconut, by ensuring that they're generated with high quality ingredients which are reduced in calories.

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Cake Recipes - Traditional Cake Recipes in Poland Part 1

Welcome again. As you know I'm writing culinary articles and the task of these texts is to give you some interesting and helpful information about cooking and about different kinds of meal. I'm really doing my best to provide you the best information about work in the kitchen. In this article I'm going to provide you some information about traditional Polish cake recipes (and cakes of course). Traditional Polish cakes are very big, colorful and very tasty.

Let's start with the poppy-seed cake. This kind of cake is god for every occasion in Poland. It's very cheap, tasty and easy to prepare. Traditional poppy-seed cake is made of poppy-seed, flour, butter, yeast, sugar, eggs, salt, powdered sugar. There are many poppy-seed cake recipes. You can add apple to them or other additions such as meringue, nuts etc. I really recommend this very tasty cake for every occasion. It's perfect for Easter, Christmas, birthday or you can prepare it without any occasion. I'm sure that your family will be very happy about that.

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The next kind of traditional Polish cake is dame which is made of sand cake (it was described in my previous article, I was also describing dame in my previous articles). It's very cheap and tasty kind of cake. You can eat it and you don't have to worry about being overweight because of eating it. Typical ingredients for it are: sand cake, sugar and eventually some additions, for example chocolate custard. Of course there are many recipes for this cake, so everybody can find something that fits his/her requirements.

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The last kind of a cake that I'm going to describe is ginger cake. There are many ginger cake recipes in Poland. It can be prepared in a form of cake and in form of biscuits. The best ingredients for typical Polish ginger cake are honey, sugar, butter, flour, eggs, soda, milk, ginger cake relish, salt and some fat to form. These ingredients are very cheap, so the cake is very cheap too. I want to add that it's very tasty. It's perfect for Christmas. In many households it's one of traditional 12 meals on Christmas Eve table. I recommend this cake. There are lots of ginger cake recipes so this kind of cake is very varied.

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Great Cake Recipes From Scratch

When making cake, you do not necessarily need to use elaborate ingredients. In fact, you can utilize ordinary food items such as fruits, crackers and even candies in preparing the batter. As for the garnishing, you can add in chopped peanuts, some corn flakes, cereals or chocolate chips. By using your creativity, you can come up with a truly delectable cake recipe. Moreover, you can serve the cake in delightful-looking platters for some visual appeal. Depending on the theme of the cake, you can use a variety of plates and containers in serving this sweet treat.

You will have a fabulous time making cakes for teatime or dessert. The simple procedure for each recipe adds to the excitement and ease in preparing this great food item. In fact, kids can even participate and help in making the batter. These cake recipes are very easy to make; hence, kids and adults alike would enjoy preparing these.

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Here are a few of the best recipes for cake that you can make from scratch. You will find that the recipes include simple ingredients. Nevertheless, the taste of these cakes is superb. You can also be creative enough to come up with fabulous ways to serve the cake. Read along and try one (or all!) of these cakes now.

Great Cake Recipes From Scratch

Recipe for Dirt Cake
This dirt cake is simply adorable and delicious, despite its quite extraordinary name. You will need these ingredients in making this great sweet dessert.
A few pieces of gummy worms
16 oz. of cream-filled chocolate cookies, crushed
8 oz. of cream cheese, softened
Softened butter, 1/2 cup
1 cup, confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon, vanilla extract
8 oz. chocolate pudding
3 cups, whole milk
12 oz. whipped cream, thawed

Procedure:
Cream the sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Mix these ingredients well until they have become smooth and fluffy in texture. Then, use a separate bowl to combine the pudding mix and the milk. Blend in the cream cheese mixture and the whipped cream.

Afterwards, put 1/3 of the crushed cookies and half of the pudding mixture to the bottom of the pan. Keep doing the same pattern until you have used up all the crumbs of cookie and the pudding mixture. Refrigerate the mixture for 8 to 12 hours. A few minutes before serving, decorate the top portion of the cake with some flower-shaped candies and gummy worms.

If you wish, you could use a plastic flowerpot to put the mixture. This will make the presentation quite adorable, which makes the mixture appear like soil with some gummy worms on top.
Recipe for No-Bake Luscious Raspberry Cheesecake

This no-bake cake recipe features a fabulous combination of raspberry and cream cheese. Have the following ingredients ready:
Cream cheese, 8 oz.
Frozen or fresh raspberries, 3 cups
Cheesecake pudding mix, 1 box
Frozen whipped cream (thawed), 12 oz.
Melted butter, 1/2 cup
Crumbs of graham crackers, 3 cups

Procedure:
Blend the cracker crumbs and the melted butter. Use a fork to combine well and press at the bottom of a pan. Then, bake the mixture for at least 10 minutes. Cool the crust and set aside.

Meanwhile, use a food processor to prepare the filling. Combine the pudding mix, raspberries and the cream cheese. Process well until the mixture turns smooth and creamy. Add in the whipped cream and mix some more.

Spread the filling into the crust. Put the cheesecake into the freezer for a maximum of 2 hours. Prior serving the cake, thaw for one hour and top with whipped cream and slices of raspberries.

Have a great time making these delightful cakes that the whole family will love. With the simple instructions and ordinary ingredients in the recipes, you will definitely enjoy preparing these cakes.

Great Cake Recipes From Scratch

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Simple Banana Cake Recipe

Here is a simple banana cake recipe using a cake mix that is easy and delicious. It can be baked either in a 9×13-inch pan or in a bundt pan (my preference).

My husband is having a slice with ice cream and just declared it "one of the best" banana cakes ever; hearty praise from a true cake lover!

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The purist in me wishes cakes made from scratch with whole wheat flour and other more wholesome ingredients were met with such excitement, but sadly they're not. The savvy realist within me admits that cake mix recipes often turn out better than from scratch cakes. They are more consistent, with better texture, especially when you know how to "doctor them up." And in the final analysis, life is too short to eat anything less than delicious cake.

Simple Banana Cake Recipe

Have I mentioned that I am a huge fan of Anne Byrn, The Cake Mix Doctor? Everything I've ever made from her cookbooks has turned out great, but I've been reluctant to admit it, until I learned that Jamie Lee Curtis recently declared The Cake Mix Doctor her favorite cookbook on the Rachel Ray Show!

This recipe is from The Cake Mix Doctor Returns. I made a few changes to the original recipe. I omitted the additional 1/4 cup of sugar, replaced the 1/2 cup sour cream with plain yogurt, and skipped the 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans to keep it friendly for those who have nut allergies. I also added 2 tablespoons of flour which is a trick my mother learned from her Home Ec teacher decades ago to help cake mix cakes be less crumbly.

Simple Banana Cake Recipe

Serves 16 to 20 or 12 to 16 as a bundt cake

Vegetable oil spray for coating the pan

Flour for dusting the pan

1 cup mashed bananas (from 2 or 3 very ripe bananas)

1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow cake mix

2 tablespoons flour

1/4 cup sugar (optional)

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt

4 large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla

1 cup (6 ounces) miniature chocolate chips

3/4 cup finely chopped pecans (optional)

2 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, for dusting on top

Position an a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist a 13×9 inch metal cake pan (or bunt pan) with vegetable oil spray. Dust with flour, shake out the excess flour and set the pan aside.

In a large mixing bowl, place the mashed bananas, cake mix,flour, sugar (if using), oil, sour cream, eggs and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the ingredients are incorporated, about 30 seconds. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat on medium speed until the mixture lightens and is smooth, about 1 1/2 minutes longer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again, if necessary. Stir in the chocolate chips.( If you are intending to bake the cake in a bundt pan, stir in the pecans too, if you are using them.)

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Smooth out the top with a rubber spatula. If you are baking the cake in a 9×13-inch pan, scatter the pecans (if using) evenly over the top and place the pan in the oven.

Bake the cake until is deeply golden brown on top and the top springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 43 to 48 minutes (50 to 55 minutes for a bundt cake). Remove the cake from the oven and immediately sift the confectioners sugar over the top so that it melts to form a glaze. Let the cake cook for 20 minutes, then slice and serve while still a little warm. (If you are using a bundt pan, allow it to cool for about 10 minutes, then turn it out of the pan and sprinkle with the sugar.)

Storage: Store this cake, covered, at room temperature for up to three days or for up to one week in the refrigerator.

Simple Banana Cake Recipe

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Cake Decorating Techniques - Icing Your Cake

Icing a cake is probably one of the most challenging yet fun part of baking a cake. It is challenging because it takes skill to produce a smooth finish and this improves with practice; fun because there are so many ways of icing a cake and make it look beautiful.

What types of icing are there?

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- Buttercream
- Fondant
- Royal icing
- Ganache
- Glazing
- Meringue

The most common form of icing is buttercream which is also the type that you get out of the ready-made mixes. It is made of butter, confectionery sugar and milk, although some have eggs and salt depending on what you prefer.

Preparing your cake for icing

1. Once the cake is baked, allow it to cool completely over a wire rack before you start icing. If you apply icing on a cake that is not completely cooled, your icing will not turn out well. If you do not have time to do the frosting on the same day, you may refrigerate the cake for a day or two. If you need more time you can also freeze the cake. Make sure you wrap it in cling wrap and then in aluminium foil. In this case, you will need to defrost the cake completely before you start icing. If it is not completely thawed at room temperature, you will notice that your icing will 'sweat'.

2. Make sure the cake is flat. If it is not flat, slice the bottom layer so that it sits flat on the table. Never use the sliced surface for icing.

3. A swivel cake stand would be useful as it enables you to handle your spatula at your best angles.

4. Place strips of wax paper around the borders of your cake so that your icing does not smear the cake board.

Applying the Icing onto your cake

1. You will need to have two layers of icing, the first layer being the 'base' to seal the crumbs. This is just a thin layer of icing. Let it set completely before applying the next layer. You may refrigerate the cake for a day so that it completely seals the crumbs.

2. Make a considerable amount of icing to produce a smooth and even finish. The last thing you want is insufficient icing and you need to make another batch. Worse still, you make do with what you have and produce an uneven finish.

3. If you want to add colour to your icing, use paste colour instead of liquid colour. The latter may change the consistency of your icing.

4. Starting from the middle of the cake, use a large metal spatula to spread the icing towards the edges. Be careful not to scrape up the crumbs.

5. For the sides of the cake you may choose to use a small angled metal spatula. With the spatula vertical, carefully work your way around the cake. Some people prefer to start from the top of the cake, whilst others from the side. It is entirely up to you and how you think it works best for you.

6. The tip is to dip your metal spatula in hot water to produce a smooth finish. Over time with practice, what may take up to an hour may become a 5-minute job to you.

Now that you have covered the cake with frosting, it is up to your imagination to decorate. Piping, fresh flowers, fruits, candy, nuts....have some fun and let your flair and creativity take over!

Cake Decorating Techniques - Icing Your Cake

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Basics in Starting a Bakery

If you have plans to start a business, try to consider it as a challenge. It requires commitment and a lot of your hours. Even though starting a bakery is quite simple and practically straightforward, several bakeries do not succeed every year due to inadequate planning and without a prospective preparation. With these reasons, the first step a bakery entrepreneur should focus is on the path toward success. If ever that you do not have any business experience, try this basic guidelines to consider in starting a bakery business.

1. Before engaging to any type of business, it is best first that you will identify your vision in any form of investment simply by creating a life plan that incorporates your enthusiasm particularly on how a bakery fits into your personal goals. Defining what you expect from your bakery as well helps when it is about time to write the business plan. Try to list all the positives and negatives that may involve in starting a bakery to see if the pros prevail over the cons.

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2. After creating a business plan, if it is a 'GO' for business them decide whether to start from scratch, acquire a business franchise or preferring to buy a vacant bakery. Possible franchises include cafes such as donut shop and pastries. While buying a bakery is the quickest way to become a bakery owner, but be initiative as to what is the reason why the owner wants to sell.

3. Make an intensive research to the community where you plan to establish the bakery in terms of need for a bakery, whether there are sufficient customers, if there is a suitable location, what products the market needs and if you can provide excellent customer service.

4. After those mentioned above, it is now the right time to write a business plan that consist of the four major sections, a description of the bakery, the strategic marketing plan, the management plan and the financial management plan. Try also to be organized in all business activities you have.

5. If you are not that financially able to start a business, gain financial support to start the bakery. Different sources of financial support can be personal credit cards, savings, personal investments, a bank loan, venture capitalists, government grants, small business loans, loans or gifts from family or an investment by an individual who is doing well in the field.

6. If everything doing well, conduct pre-opening actions such as obtaining any necessary licenses, permits and insurance. It is also best to open a bank account, contract suppliers, set up utilities, purchase equipment and hire and train employees. Organize these duties and hire individuals that have a capability in these areas if needed. Keep track of the tasks and their progress in an organizer or spreadsheet.

7. Lastly, make sure that you generate interest in the bakery before opening by putting up a sign as soon as possible and promoting the grand opening date. Get business cards early and hand out whenever probable to generate interest. Have a sample party as a pre-opening event for family and friends and offer some treats that is advantageous for your bakery business.

In conclusion, to have a prosperous bakery business, make sure that you have dedicated enough of your time in thinking what the best activity to attract customers are. Conduct a research on what are those steps that your competitor misses and implement them to gain customers. Putting up a business is never a gamble if you are just doing your part on how to manage it excellently.

Basics in Starting a Bakery

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30th Birthday Cake Ideas - Make It Fun And Light

Celebrating 30th birthday can be so much different like when you were in your younger years. Most likely, you don't fancy with as much excitement when it comes to having 30th birthday cake ideas. After all, you believe fancy cakes are only for younger ladies and a lot younger boys. But why confiscate a birthday cake out of your party if it can set the celebration even more of a unique one? There are other 30-ish people that celebrate with fancy or simple cake ideas, so why not you?

Black icing is a favorite for birthday cake ideas. It is usually added with the favorite candle lights, but in this particular celebration, these are going to be numbers 3 and 0 shapes. For some, it is even more fun to make two cakes to accommodate those two numbers. For others, number candle lights are out of options. They simply have the numbers carved in each cake after taking out the oven to cool them. Adding frost and sprinkles in festive colors will finish the birthday cake.

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The birthday cake can be integrated with a favorite theme that compliments the personality of the celebrant. For example, if he or she is fond of sports, sewing, magazines, clothes, shoes, and others, the cake can be decorated as inspired with a particular interest that the person celebrating the birthday has. Plastic or wax figures modeling a specific interest or hobby will do for the decoration. Be creative as you can and you will come up with the best cake idea that will surely tell who and what that person is like.

Gag gifts can be placed on the cake to create lighter fun of the celebration. For example, if the person is into cross-stitching you can add a needle and yarn on top of the cake as decorations. For more fun, you can add a rectangular piece that resembles a computer, and then add an inexpensive reading glasses on top as if you are warning the celebrant about the eye straining habit he has. It will make the celebrant feel much appreciated and acknowledged. The cake idea will also set that festive mood to kick off a celebration that would surely be remembered by everybody, and much more by the celebrant.

If there is no one to bake the cake idea, this can be easily ordered from bakery and confectionery shops. They usually provide cakes at various prices. You can instruct them how you want the cake to look like. Online bakeries are as well available. You can order from these dealers through the comfort of your home. There are many cake ideas and designs that are available online, so you can take time to select one that will best fit the celebration. You can also order a custom cake design by giving online staff instructions on the specifics you want out of it.

30th Birthday Cake Ideas - Make It Fun And Light

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Banana Cake Recipe

Every family needs a great banana cake recipe, a delicious homemade cake that can be rustled up in no time at all, filling the house with that lovely banana aroma as it bakes.

This banana cake recipe is very simple, and is a great way to make use of those odd bananas that tend to languish in the fruit bowl. Once the skins go brown and spotty, they're just perfect for a recipe like this. Ripe bananas have much more flavor, and their soft texture means they blend into the cake mixture easily.

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If you have a lot of ripe bananas you could make two banana cakes and freeze one. Another alternative is to freeze some of your ripe bananas. Just pop them, unpeeled, into a freezer bag and keep them frozen until needed. The skins will turn black, but that's simply a reaction to the cold temperature. Your bananas are still fine to use, and you can mash them straight from the freezer, or leave them to thaw first.

If you want to make a banana cake but your bananas aren't fully ripe, there's a cure - peel the bananas and put them in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them. Then use them in the banana cake recipe that follows:

Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients

225g (8 oz, 2 cups) self-raising (self-rising) flour

100g (4 oz, 1/2 cup) soft margarine or softened butter

175g (6 oz, 3/4 cup) caster (superfine granulated) sugar

2 beaten eggs

3 bananas, peeled

175g (6 oz, 1 cup) dried fruit (use sultanas, raisins, currants, chopped glace cherries, candied peel or a mixture)

Makes a 2lb (900g) cake

Method

Pre-heat the oven to gas 4/180C/350F. Oil and base line a 2lb (900g) loaf pan.
Put all the ingredients except the dried fruit into a food processor and blend until well mixed.
Take the food processor bowl from the base machine, remove the processing blade and stir the dried fruit into the mixture.
Spoon the cake mix into the pan and bake for around 1 hr 20 minutes, or until a fine knife blade inserted into the cake comes out clean. Check the cake after 1 hr 10 minutes and if necessary cover with a piece of foil to prevent the top from burning.
Leave until cool, then turn out of the tin.
This banana cake keeps well in an airtight tin for 2-3 days, or refrigerate it for up to 7 days.

For a banana nut cake, substitute chopped walnuts for some or all of the dried fruit, and scatter some over the top of the cake before baking.

Banana Cake Recipe

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Cupcake Bouquet - A Step-By-Step Guide

One of the cutest cupcake ideas around is the amazing life like cupcake bouquets. These yummy cupcake bouquets are so deceiving they look just like flowers. Cupcake bouquets can be used for any gift giving occasion or a centerpiece for a wedding to display unique wedding cupcake ideas.

Use this step-by-step guide to create your own cupcake bouquet idea surprise:

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Supplies

1.    One Styrofoam Ball with a 5 inch diameter
2.    55 baked mini cupcakes in green cupcake liners
3.    55 toothpicks
4.    One large decorative bowl
5.    One large star tip
6.    Icing in the color of your favorite flower

Step 1: Place Styrofoam ball into the bowl. The bowl should only cover 1/3 of the Styrofoam ball.

Step 2: Place a toothpick in the Styrofoam ball near the bottom above the rim of the bowl.

Step 3: Place a mini cupcake on the toothpick in the middle. Half of the mini cupcake should be above the rim of the decorative bowl and the other half below the rim of the decorative bowl.

Step 4: Using another toothpick, place the next cupcake to the left of the cupcake, from step 3, so they are touching.

Step 5: Continue adding cupcakes to the left around the entire rim of the decorative bowl.

Step 6: Start the next row by placing a toothpick in the Styrofoam above the first row then add a mini cupcake so they are touching. Continue adding mini cupcakes row by row to the left, until the entire Styrofoam ball is covered.

Step 7: Make sure all the cupcakes are touching, there should not any space between the rows. You may adjust the cupcakes if necessary.

Step 8: Using the large star tip start in the middle and swirl your way out to the edge of the cupcake creating a rose pattern.

Tip: When using butter or butter cream icing beware of displaying your cupcake bouquet in a warm climate. The warm temperature will cause the icing to slide off the cupcakes. As a substitute, solid vegetable shortening can be used however; you will sacrifice the rich buttery flavor.

Have fun!

Cupcake Bouquet - A Step-By-Step Guide

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Dump Cake Recipes - A Dutch Oven is Great For Baking Dump Cakes!

Every year about 20 of us go on an annual camping trip. However, this year I am bringing along a surprise for the group. I have recently purchased a new Dutch oven for cooking an easy and different meal. A person can get tired of eating only hamburgers and hot dogs for a week. My oven comes with a complete, Dutch oven cookbook. As I was going through the cookbook, I found some truly fantastic recipes that I want to try. My favorite is the dump cake recipe. When I first read the name "dump" cake, I was not sure what I was expecting. I certainly was not expecting what the recipe produced.

The recipe was originally created to be cooked by kids. Therefore, making it lives up to its name. The dump cake recipe is quick and easy and can be made with two main ingredients in four easy steps.

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Dump cake ingredients:

A can of your favorite fruit

A box of white cake mix

Butter (optional)

Non stick spray (optional)

Four easy steps:

Step 1 - open a can of fruit and empty it into the bottom of your Dutch oven. Do not forget to pack the can opener. You may also want to spray the oven with a non-stick spray. This will help keep the cake from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

Step 2 - poor the box of white cake mix evenly over the fruit. If you desire, you can place slices of butter of top of the cake mix.

Step 3 - place your Dutch oven over the open coals and place some coals on top of the oven.

Step 4 - bake until the cake is golden brown and crust is formed around the edges.

Using a Dutch oven to cook your meals over an open fire takes some skill. You need to understand how and when adding and removing coals will affect the dish that you are cooking. You will want to practice using the oven to make sure you get the feel of how it handles temperature changes. Especially, when making the dump cake recipe. Burning the bottom will ruin the taste. That is the last thing you want while you are camping out.

Dump Cake Recipes - A Dutch Oven is Great For Baking Dump Cakes!

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