Useful Tips For Home Bakers Along With An

Easy-To-Make Cake Recipe

Each one of us has little bit of creativity inside us. Baking is one such way to showcase that

talent. However, this delicate process involves precision and lot of patience.

Here are few useful tips for all the home bakers out there.

1. It’s highly important to know the microwave oven you are using. If any error, always

calibrate it correctly.

2. Flour used for cake should contain less protein. For baking bread it should be high in

protein content.

3. Bake ware mould has to be of proper size. Should neither be too big nor too small.

4. Avoid melting the baking butter by heating it. Use it at room temperature.

5. Fold in the liquid ingredients (milk and egg) after mixing the dry ingredients together

(flour, sugar & baking soda).

6. It is advisable to put the cake batter inside a pre heated microwave oven within five

minutes of preparing it using microwave safe bake ware.

7. Last but not the least, it is highly recommended to understand the chemistry behind

using every single ingredient.

a. Flour is used to thicken the batter.

b. Baking soda/ Baking powder causes the cake to rise.

c. Cake gets the necessary moisture from the fats used.

d. Sugar caramelizes, absorbs liquid and helps the cake to turn brown.

e. Egg used helps the cake batter to set in the oven and gives an even texture to the cake.

These useful tips will surely come handy while baking cakes or cupcakes at home.

Here is one easy-to-make recipe for coffee and walnut cake:

Ingredients:

For the cake

50g baking butter

50g sugar

2eggs, beaten

50g flour

1 tsp instant coffee powder

½ spoon baking powder

Half cup walnut pieces For the buttercream

1/2 tsp instant coffee powder

1/2 tsp milk

15g light butter

50g icing sugar

Method

A. In a small bakeware mould, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs followed by the flour, baking powder and instant coffee. Add on some walnuts into the batter, keeping a few for decoration. Transfer to a bakeware mould from Poppat Jamals and put it in a preheated oven at 170C.

B. After 20 mins, check if the cake has risen and spring back when touched or do the needle test.

C. Meanwhile, make the coffee butter cream. Mix the instant coffee in the milk, add the butter and icing sugar. Beat until smooth, spread over the cake and top with the reserved walnuts.

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