[recipes] Cake recipe
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alystenAKA: Auntie Alesone's period inspired, but not historically accurate in any way, shape or form, recipe for cake.
This is the recipe that I will be using for coronation. It is what's called a hi-ratio cake. This means the ratio of sugar to flour is skewed towards sugar. It is a high rising,moist, flavorful yellow cake, with a tight crumb. This makes it ideal to stack. Currently I have 8-10 of cake in my freezer, hanging out.
8oz-milk
1# 2 oz- whole egg
10 oz emulsified shortening*
1/2 oz- salt
1 oz- baking powder
1# 4oz-sugar
1#- cake flour
2 tsp of fresh ground spices (blend of mace, ceylon cinnamon, tailed pepper and clove)
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix all ingredients on low for 2 minutes or until blended
3. Turn up mixer to medium and mix for another 5 minutes
4. Pour into 2 greased 10” rounds
5. Cook 350 for 35-40 minutes or until the center of the cake bounces back when touched.
*To substitute butter for all or part of the regular amount of shortening in a formula:
Multiply the weight of shortening to be eliminated by 1.25. This gives you the weight of butter to use. Then multiply the weight of butter by 0.15 to find out the amount of water or milk to be subtracted from the formula. Butter should be room temperature. (Gisslen Wayne, Professional Baking, Third Edition)
This is the recipe that I will be using for coronation. It is what's called a hi-ratio cake. This means the ratio of sugar to flour is skewed towards sugar. It is a high rising,moist, flavorful yellow cake, with a tight crumb. This makes it ideal to stack. Currently I have 8-10 of cake in my freezer, hanging out.
8oz-milk
1# 2 oz- whole egg
10 oz emulsified shortening*
1/2 oz- salt
1 oz- baking powder
1# 4oz-sugar
1#- cake flour
2 tsp of fresh ground spices (blend of mace, ceylon cinnamon, tailed pepper and clove)
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix all ingredients on low for 2 minutes or until blended
3. Turn up mixer to medium and mix for another 5 minutes
4. Pour into 2 greased 10” rounds
5. Cook 350 for 35-40 minutes or until the center of the cake bounces back when touched.
*To substitute butter for all or part of the regular amount of shortening in a formula:
Multiply the weight of shortening to be eliminated by 1.25. This gives you the weight of butter to use. Then multiply the weight of butter by 0.15 to find out the amount of water or milk to be subtracted from the formula. Butter should be room temperature. (Gisslen Wayne, Professional Baking, Third Edition)
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Date: 2011-03-11 06:15 pm (UTC)