how do you make the best home made cake??

Answer 1

Prep. Time:
Total Time: Chocolate Mayonaisse Cake
Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
4 tbsp. cocoa
1 cup Miracle Whip salad dressing
1 cup cold water
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:
Mix sugar, flour and cocoa then add remaining ingredients. Bake at 325°F until firm in center.
Comments from Kelly

Answer 2

Zucchini Chocolate Orange Cake

"Very moist and different."
Original recipe yield: 1 Bundt pan.

INGREDIENTS :
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon round cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup orange juice ( or milk )
3 cups grated zucchini
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 cup chopped walnuts

1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour Bundt pan.
In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla and orange juice to the butter mixture. Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Fold in zucchini, orange zest and nuts.
Pour into a greased and floured Bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool, then drizzle with glaze.
To make the glaze: In a small bowl mix together sugar, orange juice and vanilla. Invert cake onto serving dish, then pour glaze over.

Answer 3

I take a Betty Crocker cake mix and add to it.