If you have any issue concering cake baking,decorating please bring it on I will assist.I don't have monopoly of knowledge so am calling on others †✽ join in responding †✽ questions and give out tips that can be of use †✽ us all.

Nice thread Bece dis will be fun and educative

Cn I use a microwave oven T̶̲̥̅̊​♡ bake a cake?

[quote author=chinig]Cn I use a microwave oven T̶̲̥̅̊​♡ bake a cake?
Hmmm microwave oven,well it depends on the kind of cake u r making,the oven temperature ur cake reccipe calls for and most important ur oven temperature.
But I think microwave oven could bake cupcakes never tried it

Thank goodness for a thread like this. So my question is, if u want to bake a chocolate cake, wat do u use to measure ur ingredients cos dats always where I get it wrong when trying to bake

Chocolate cakes comes in so many different recipes. Some in grams, cups, pounds etc so you have to try a detailed, trusted and trusted recipe to give u a moist chocolate cake

How many eggs do I need in one cup (peak milk tin) of flour? For sponge cake please!

I was banned yesterday by antispam cos I posted chocolate cake recipe

@ enatasha u need a proper recipe for ur cake,u just don't measure with milk tins. Would have posted a recipe for u but I don't want †✽ be banned again. Ur measurements r either in gramms or u use a measuring cups.

There are different recipes u can use.there r sdponge that u don't use fat for. 4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk (1/2cup water1/2cup milk)
1/4 cup butter (lightly salted)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Sieve all dry ingredient togeda.add sugar †✽ egg whisk until thicck,fold in ur sieved flour,in a saucepan warm milk with butter pour into ur batter and gently fold in. Pour batter in ur floured baking pan bake for 45mins †✽ 1hr temp. 175C

@Chinig, yes, you can bake in a microwave. However, you have to watch your cake constantly. Also, microwaves make drier cakes than regular ovens. And use microwave safe dishes, not regular baking pans.
@Bece, nice thread
@LoveAngel, u can use a scale or measuring cups. To ensure moistness, always sift your flour BEFORE you measure out the required amount

what kind of presevatives can i put in a cake that will make it to last for a month.

@remy what type of cake r u making? I don't put preservatives in my cakes I only brush my fruit cakes with brandy. My cakes stay moist and good for a week without refrigieration and 2weeks with refrigiration and stays for months when freezed. But who keeps a good cake for a month but u can freeze ur uniced cake

Are u a cake decorator,u find it stressful †✽ make ur fondant,gumpaste etc!we have ready made fondant available for u in different colors let's take the stress off ur shoulders.
1kg -1000 for fondant
1kg black-1300
Taste of Heaven 08023175586

Please people,whats the best way to present an undecorated/uniced plain cake?

@nisto if ur ccake is properly baked what I meant is the cake not burnt,u ccan just put on a disposaple plate and cover with clingfilm. Or make a small board using a foil paper n ccarton and wrap with wrapping nylon for cakes n tie with ribbon. Make sure the ccakes r cool as in totally cool before packing

If it's a vanilla or light coloured cake, you can dust it with cocoa, if it's a chocolate cake, dust with powdered sugar.

@bece and Dreamsinbc,thanks a lot.Do i have to turn the cake upside down so the level side is up or can i just present it with the rounded top up?

chinig: Cn I use a microwave oven T̶̲̥̅̊​♡ bake a cake?

It's possible to bake a full cake but I won't personally suggest u do so. However, u can bake a single serving cake in your microwave in a jiffy. Here is a true and tested receipe by urs truly. I found the recipe online.

Chocolate Cake
http://www.instructables.com/id/5-minute-Chocolate-Cake/
Author:scoochmaroo My fan page

Intro: 5-minute Chocolate Cake
There are a lot of cake-in-a-mug recipes out there, but I've taken the time to experiment with eight variations on a a recipe to come up with the best, tastiest, and most reliable 5-minute chocolate cake on the web. Give it a try - you won't be disappointed!

Step 1: Supplies
microwave!
coffee mug
4 tablespoons flour - make sure you measure it right - or the cake is a lie!
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
2 tablespoons whisked egg - 1 egg is too much, 1 egg white is too eggy, 1 yolk is too dense, but 2 tblsp is just right!
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips
splash vanilla or other flavoring - try peppermint or cinnamon
For a fudgier version, omit egg!

Step 2: Mix your ingredients
Add all of the dry ingredients to the mug and mix.
Add the egg and combine well. It gets pretty pasty at the point.
Stir in milk and oil.
Add chocolate chips* and splash of vanilla. Stir well.
*if you don't have chocolate chips, try a broken up candy bar - I can't stress how much this amps the awesomeness of your cake

Step 3: Nuke It!
Microwave for 3 minutes in a 1000w oven, or 4 minutes in a 700w oven.
It will start to crown over the top of the mug. Don't panic! It will collapse once the heat stops.

This has been tried and tasted. Actually tastes like brownies. The key is to monitor so that the cake doesn't burn. Highly recommend

Hello... Can anyone give me the recipe for fondant icing and gumpaste..Thanks

@nisto it depends on how the top is u may need †✽ do some leveling and turn it down or Ʊ could just leave it the way it came frm the oven if its well risen

Recipe for fondant
1kg icing sugar
1/4ccup of water
11/2tsp gelatin
1teaspon CMC
1/2ccup glucose
1tsp of clear colored flavour I use almond mostly or lemon
1.Put gelatin in water add glucose and flavour †✽ the gelatn mixture
2. Put in a microwave for like 2mins or until its water like.
3.Sieve ur sugar and CMC together. Pour your glucose mixture into the sugar rub a little shortening on ur palm n knead until pilable.
NB I add glycerin †✽ my mixture during harmmattan. U might not need †✽ if u r not up north like me.

Always chill ur cake before u deccorate it seal the crumbs together and helps keep ur cake moist.

Google has made life easier most recipes for cakes,pastries,cookies can be found online,but what makes cake different is the techniquie,love and passion that Ʊ put into your cake batter that said ,u might find a recipes that calls for one or two things u find cconfusing. Let's start with cake flour for a freelance baker, seeing a recipe that calls for cake flour might be a little confused. Don't be Ʊ can make your cake flour urself.
†✽ make ur cake flour u need
Measuring cup and spoon
Corn flour and all purpose flour
Measure 2tablespoons of corn flour into ur measuring cup add allpurpose flour †✽ the cup †✽ make 1cup. Sieve thrice u have ur ccake flour.

Please i need the recipe for sponge cake,most of the recipes i've come across have butter/margarine included in them and i believe sponge cakes shouldnt contain fats apart from the one in the eggs.

@nisot23, here you go. I've tried this one. I hope you don't intend to decorate this cake o. Any sponge cake without fat (basically Angel Food Cake) cannot hold the weight of icing. It's sooooo light.

You can skip the zest, but it will taste so much better with it

American Sponge Cake:
6 large eggs, separated
1 cup (100 grams) sifted cake flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar, divided
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons water Zest of a lemon or orange (outer skin)
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions: American Sponge Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Have ready an ungreased two-piece 10 inch (25 cm) tube pan. Separate the cold eggs, placing the yolks in one bowl and the whites in another bowl. Cover the bowls with plastic wrap and
bring the eggs to room temperature (about 30 minutes). Meanwhile sift or whisk the sifted flour with the baking powder and salt. Set aside. Place the egg yolks and 2/3 cup (135 grams) of the sugar in the bowl of your electric mixer, fitted with the paddle
attachment (or use a hand mixer). Beat on high speed until they are thick, fluffy and light colored (when you slowly raise
the beater the batter will fall back into the bowl in a slow ribbon). Then beat in the vanilla extract, water, and lemon zest.
Set aside while you beat the egg whites. In a clean bowl, with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue beating
until soft peaks form. Gradually add the 1/3 cup (65 grams) of sugar and continue beating until the egg whites are shiny
and just form stiff peaks. Next, sift the flour mixture over the beaten egg yolks (about one third of the flour mixture at a time) and gently but quickly
fold (with a wire whisk or rubber spatula) the flour into the egg yolk batter. Then gently fold a little of the beaten egg
whites into the batter to lighten it, and then add the rest of the whites, folding just until incorporated. (Do not over mix the
batter or it will deflate.) Pour the batter into the tube pan, smoothing the top. Bake in preheated oven for 28 - 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Remove from oven and immediately invert the pan (turn upside down) and suspend it by placing the inner tube on the top
of a flat topped glass or bowl. Allow the cake to cool completely before unmolding (about one hour). Run a flat metal
spatula or sharp knife around the inside of the pan and then remove the center core of the pan. Run the spatula along the
bottom and center core of the pan. Invert the cake onto a greased wire rack.

@phummyaji, google Nicholas Lodge Gumpaste Recipe. It's the best I've used for Nigerian humidity

@Dreamsinbc,thanks a lot,i appreciate this.I'm trying this asap,i dont have a mixer though.Do you think using a wooden spoon to mix would gimme a good result.

Hmmmm, it will be quite a task whipping up the egg whites o. If you dont have a mixer, I would suggest a whisk, not a wooden spoon for the egg whites.

@Dreamsinbc thanks alot

Any tips on how to use whip cream in Nigeria and not melting before getting to the customer's place