Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Yield: three 8 inch square pans of 16 pieces.
Ingredients
3 cups water
450 ml Molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup room temperature unsalted butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 pinches ground cloves
2 Tbsp baking powder
Directions
- Bring water to a boil, remove from the heat and stir in the molasses and baking soda. Let cool until lukewarm
- Cream together brown sugar and butter. Then add eggs one at a time
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and baking powder
- Mix in alternately the flour mixture and water mixture into the butter mixture
- Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again to remove any lumps
- Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured sides with parchment paper on the bottom)
- Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350
- Serve with peach wedge and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
This classic buttercream frosting is a must have for your recipe collection. Sometimes, I add in a touch of cocoa powder for the extra chocolatey touch or a bit of food colouring to make a colour statement!
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Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
This is my standby chocolate cake. It is better than any box cake I've tasted and so far I haven't had any students make a mistake while making it...knock on wood!
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Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Yield: Full Slab or three 9×13 pans or 6 dozen cupcakes
Ingredients
5 cups white sugar
2 cups shortening
3 cups sour milk
40 ml vanilla
8 eggs
1 1/3 cups milk
8 cups flour
4 Tbsp baking powder
3 tsp salt
Directions
- Cream together sugar and shortening
- Add sour milk and vanilla to sugar mixture
- Blend in eggs and milk, be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl, then add a little at a time until its combined.
- Pour into prepared cake pans
- Bake at 325 for 40 minutes.
- Frost with Buttercream Frosting