Stuff by Tammy
Making delicious foods and loving life!

Buttercream Frosting

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017

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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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Regular Chocolate Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017

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Yield: full slab, three 9×13 pans or 6 dozen cupcakes

Ingredients

6 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups margarine
1 1/2 cups cocoa
3 cups coffee (you can use instant coffee, make sure you dissolve it fully first)
6 cups flour
6 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups sour milk (sour milk = 3 cups regular milk + 3 Tbsp lemon juice)
6 eggs

Directions

1. Cream together sugar & margarine
2. Whisk together cocoa & coffee then add to the margarine mixture
3. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda & salt. Then add to the previous mixture (this will become very thick).
4. Add in sour milk & eggs a little at a time until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX.
5. Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured or parchment paper)
6. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

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Lemon Layer Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017

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This is another recipe that my students make all the time. But I very often don't have a camera in the classroom.

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White Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017

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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

1. Cream together sugar and shortening
2. Add sour milk and vanilla to sugar mixture
3. Blend in eggs and milk, be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again.
4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl, then add a little at a time until its combined.
5. Pour into prepared cake pans
6. Bake at 325 for 40 minutes.
7. Frost with Buttercream Frosting

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