Homemade Cake Recipes like Spice Cake and Others

There is just no comparison between great homemade cake recipes and those which are purchased or even made from boxes. The taste of homemade far exceeds any other, and with the huge variety of homemade cake recipes, there is something to please everyone’s taste buds.

Of course there are some simple steps to ensure your cake turning out to be great quality. The most important in cake making lies in the quality of your ingredients; good quality produces a good quality cake. Reading the recipe thoroughly is of utmost importance. Measure your ingredients accurately.

Following the method of combining and mixing the ingredients in your recipe makes a difference in your baked cake; so follow directions in the recipe. You may think that the mixing doesn’t matter so you throw everything in and then mix it altogether. Believe it will make a big difference in the results you get in your homemade cake recipes.

Once you have gotten down the procedure of make good homemade cakes, I am sure you won’t want any others. You will learn that you can adjust some ingredients in basic recipes to achieve the extra taste which you like. You will learn that some ingredients add more moistness or other little tips of cake baking.

The simple cake recipe below is a basic vanilla flavored cake but with the added baked brown sugar coconut icing; the cake takes on a whole new delicious flavor. I love the flavor of coconut but you could substitute the coconut with pecans or just use your imagination.

SPICE CAKE RECIPE

• ½ Cup soft butter
• 2 Cups brown sugar
• 2 Beaten eggs
• 1 Teaspoon baking soda
• 2 Teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon ginger
• 1 Teaspoon allspice
• 1 Teaspoon cloves
• 1 Cup buttermilk
• 2 ½ Cups flour

ADD 3 SLICED BANANAS TO RECIPE

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, soda, spices and buttermilk. Add flour and blend well. Fold in the sliced bananas and dump batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.

Icing:

• 4 Tablespoons melted butter
• 10 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 6 Tablespoons cream

Mix well and pour onto hot cake. Sprinkle with coconut and return to oven to brown coconut.

BANANA CAKE RECIPE

• 2 ½ Cups sifted flour
• 1 2/3 Cup sugar
• 1 ¼ Teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ¼ Teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 2/3 Cup soft butter
• 2/3 Cup buttermilk
• 1 ¼ Cups mashed bananas
• 3 Eggs
• 2/3 Cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, salt and baking powder. Mix in ½ of the milk, the bananas and butter and blend. Add the eggs and rest of milk, beating well. Stir in the pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a pick comes out clean. Let cake cool and remove from pan to a serving platter. Frost with favorite icing.

Among homemade cake recipes, this simple cake recipe was very popular years ago when everyone did their laundry on Mondays with the old ringer washers. It was a busy day and usually a pot of soup beans would be cooking on the stove all day for the evening meal. Simple desserts like this spice cake recipe were quickly prepared and ready for evening also. By the time for evening dinner, most homemakers were too tired to worry about cooking so they planned the dinner early in the morning.

SIMPLE CAKE RECIPE

• ½ Cup milk
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 Cup flour
• 1 Teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Grease and flour 9 inch square baking pan.

Heat milk and butter to boiling point; set aside.

Beat eggs until creamy; beat in sugar and vanilla.

Beat in the flour, baking powder and salt.

Slowly add the milk and beat until blended.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven and turn on broiler.

Mix topping and spread on hot cake; return to oven to brown under broiler.

Topping

• 3 Tablespoons softened butter
• 2 Tablespoons cream
• 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 Cup shredded coconut

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