How to Bake a Cake- get the proportions right

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How to Bake a Cake
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How to Bake a Cake

• Cakes are one of the oldest forms of desserts and
  also the most popular one.
• It has become a part of our tradition to have a
  slice of cake after a meal. Not only this, it has
  evolved and became a ritual in all our
  celebrations to cut a cake to display the
  happiness.
• During the beginning of the cake, there was very
  little difference between cake and bread. The
  only difference being its shape and the way it
  was prepared.
• Cakes were round and flat and were once turned
  upside-down while baking cakes and bread was not.

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How to Bake a Cake

• Bake a cake is not an easy task anymore. One
  needs to get the ingredients and their
  proportions right.
• There are many articles online to understand the
  science behind how to bake a cake.

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How to Bake a Cake

• This article will give you an basic idea about
  how to bake a cake, and once you are confident
  about yourself, you can move on to the more
  advanced ones.
• The key ingredients are eggs, flour, fat, and
  sugar. First let me start with explaining the
  part played by the different ingredients.

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How to Bake a Cake
The most popular ratio for how to bake a cake

• Use equal amounts of flour and sugar in terms of
  weights. The volumes of the two differ as per
  their densities, which means using the general
  cup measurements will not suffice.

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How to Bake a Cake

• Use equal amounts of eggs and fat following the
  same principle of equal weights.
• There is a problem. The whites and yolks of eggs
  are in improper proportions the whites are in
  larger quantity. This is an issue because the
  whites tend to dry the cake, and the yolk gives
  the texture.
• To achieve a balance between these two elements,
  the amounts of whites and yolks must be balanced.
  So egg yolks have to be added in extra.

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How to Bake a Cake

• By observation, youll find that the liquid part
  is lower than the sugar.
• So to balance this, add some milk or buttermilk.

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How to Bake a Cake

• Baking powder and baking soda are also very
  important.
• Improper amounts of baking powder will leave the
  cake dense.
• General rule is to add one teaspoon of baking
  powder for 1 cup of flour.
• To balance the acidic nature of baking powder add
  1/4th teaspoon of baking soda for every cup of
  flour. These also add to the taste of the cake.

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How to Bake a Cake

• But the art of baking perfect cakes takes a lot
  of time,
• so till then if you are in Hyderabad and you have
  a craving for a cake in the midnight, you can
  always try the websites providing midnight cake
  delivery in Hyderabad.
• And if you are not in Hyderabad but want to
  surprise a friend with a cake you can use the
  websites providing an option to send cakes to
  Hyderabad.

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