What is a good cake recipe or where can I find one?

Answer 1

Search http://www.rachelray.com and and look for cakes.

Answer 2

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting for the cake
1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee
4-5 tablespoons heavy cream

Grease and line the bottom of a 9" square cake pan with waxed paper.
In a mixing bowl, sift together the first six ingredients.
Add the rest and blend on low speed, or by hand, till its nicely moistened.
Mix further for three mins on medium speed.
Pour mixture in the prepared cake pan.
Bake 35 minutes.
Cake should rebound when gently pressed in the centre.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting on to a plate.
When completely cool, cover with chocolate frosting.
Frosting: Cream butter, salt, vanilla, instant coffee and half of the sugar.
Now use up all the cream and sugar in alternate additions till a rich gloss is reached and the frosting is of a thick spreading consistency.

Answer 3

Lemon Lover's Pound Cake

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
5 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon lemon extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups sour cream
ICING:
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

DIRECTIONS
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon juice, peel and extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Beat just until combined.
Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
For icing, in a small mixing bowl, beat the sour cream and butter until blended. Gradually add confectioners' sugar. Beat in lemon juice and peel. Drizzle over the cake. Store in the refrigerator.

Answer 4

"Sock it to me cake"

Use Duncan Hines Butter Recipe cake mix. Recipe for this cake is on the side of the box.

Answer 5

This is always a good cake
Vanessa William’s Carrot Cake

2 cups sugar
1 ½ cups salad oil
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
2 cups plain sifted flour
½ cup chopped nuts
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup raisins

Mix sugar, oil, and eggs. Add carrots, mix well, add flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon & salt, sifted together. Mix well. Fold raisins and nuts into batter and bake in 2 greased 9” round layer pans or 13x9 pan. Bake at 350 for 35 or 40 minutes.

Icing
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla
¼ cup margarine
1 cup chopped nuts
1 box (1 lb) confectioners sugar

Work cheese until soft, add softened margarine, beat in sugar gradually, add flavoring and nuts, mix & spread.

Answer 6

There are tons of recipes at Kraftkitchens.com - I always go there when I am stuck. Just put in 3 ingredients that you have on hand and it will give you all the recipes you can make with them.

Answer 7

What kind of cake do you like? I have some cake recipes you might like

Answer 8

Blue berry soured cake with cheesecake topping!!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1224/blueberry-soured-cream-cake-with-cheesecake-frosti.jsp

Answer 9

hey... check out http://sumiram2006.googlepages.com/dessert
It has recipes for quite a few tasty cakes and desserts that can be prepared easily from home ..

Answer 10

My all time favorite no fail chocolate cake recipe-
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup boiling water
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup canola oil
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda

Mix cocoa and boiling water.
Mix buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla together.
Mix dry ingredients together.
Mix dry ingredients into buttermilk/oil mixture.
Mix in cocoa.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in two greased and floured and parchment lined 9-inch round pans.
Bake until tester comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes.


(I ussually frost with chocolate buttercream frosting, here is the recipe-
6 tablespoons butter, softened
2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Place butter in a bowl and beat until creamy.
Add sugar and cocoa, mixing well.
Stir in milk in portions, stirring each time.
Add vanilla.
Spread on cooled cake or other items needing frosting.)


If you aren't a chocolate lover, here is another cake recipe for an amazing strawberry short cake-

Filling
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped strawberries
1/3 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Cake
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk or soured milk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Vanilla Glaze
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoon hot water
Soaking Syrup(instead of glaze or with glaze)
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

Follow directions closely
To sour milk, stir 1 tablespoon lemon juice with a cup of milk and let stand a minute.
Preheat to 350°F Butter a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
Prepare the strawberries and set aside. In a food processor, cream the sugar and flour with the cream cheese until smooth. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Set aside.
Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in the vanilla, then blend in eggs, and process to blend batter well. Fold in the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder together and add to the mixture, alternating with the buttermilk to make a smooth batter.
Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Make sure the pan is big enough. I did this once and it ended up spilling out all over my oven. Spread reserved cream cheese filling all around top of batter (being careful not to touch edges). Sprinkle strawberries evenly over this. Top with remaining batter. Bake 60-75 minutes until cakes tests done. Let cool 15-20 minutes in pan before inverting onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioner's sugar or fondant.
For the Soaking Syrup, heat the sugar and water to a gentle boil in a small saucepan. Simmer 3 minutes and then cool to room temperature. Using a pastry brush, soak cake thoroughly, at least twice with this syrup.
For the Vanilla Glaze, whisk all ingredients in a small bowl adding hot water as required to make a pourable glaze. Drizzle over cake (that has syrup or not – up to you – the syrup makes the cake far more moist).
More often than not I just heat up a can of vanilla icing in the microwave for several seconds and spoon that over. It's still delicious.
This cake freezes well.