Good, easy, cake recipes for two teenagers to make?

Question

My friend is having a party on December 30, and she wants me to come over on the 29th with some cake recipes so we can bake cakes all day :) But I need recipes...they need to be simple, and have little calories-- that's what my friend said lol. Anything will help! Thanks very much.

Answer 1

Citrus Yellow Cake

Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2-12 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1-3/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1-1/4 cups milk
2 teaspoons finely shredded orange peel or lemon peel

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Gease and lightly flour two 8x1-1/2-inch or 9x1-1/2-inch round baking pans; set pans aside. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Stir orange peel into batter. Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans. Cool completely on racks.
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Yellow Cake
12 servings
Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes
Cool: 1 hour
Stand: 1 hour

Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1-3/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1-1/4 cups milk

Directions
1. Grease and lightly flour two 8x1-1/2-inch or 9x1-1/2-inch round baking pans or grease one 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set pan(s) aside. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each. Add dry mixture and milk alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just till combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).

3. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool layer cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove layer cakes from pans. Cool thoroughly on racks. Or, place 13x9-inch cake in pan on a wire rack; cool thoroughly. Frost with desired frosting. Makes 12 servings.

Yellow Cupcakes: To make cupcakes, grease and lightly flour thirty 2-1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper baking cups. Prepare cake as directed in Step 2. Fill each cup half full. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 30 cupcakes.
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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
8 servings
Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes
Cool: 1 hour
Stand: 1 hour

Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
Powdered sugar


Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease and lightly flour a 9x1-1/2-inch round or 8x8x2-inch baking pan.

2. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed just until combined. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add egg and beat 2 minutes more. Pour batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan. Cool thoroughly on a wire rack. To serve, sprinkle with powdered sugar and transfer to a serving plate. Makes 8 servings.
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Chocolate Cake
Prep: 30 minutes
Bake: 35 minutes
Cool: 1 hour
Stand: 1 hour

Ingredients
3/4 cup butter
3 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1-1/2 cups milk

Directions
1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, lightly grease bottoms of two 8x8x2-inch square or 9x1-1/2-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper. Grease and lightly flour bottoms and sides of pans. Or, grease one 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Set pan(s) aside. In a medium bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder; and salt; set aside.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating on medium speed until well combined (3 to 4 minutes). Scrape sides of bowl; continue beating on medium speed for 2 minutes more. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition (about 1 minute total). Beat in vanilla.

3. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed just until combined after each addition. Beat on medium to high speed for 20 seconds more. Spread batter into the prepared pan(s).

4. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes for 8-inch pans and 13x9x2-inch pan, 30 to 35 minutes for 9-inch pans, or until a wooden toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool cake layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cake layers from pans. Peel off waxed paper. Cool thoroughly on racks. Or, place 13x9x2-inch cake in pan on a wire rack; cool thoroughly. Frost with desired frosting.

5. Makes 12 to 16 servings

6. Devil's Food Cake: Prepare as above, except omit baking powder and increase baking soda to 1-1/4 teaspoons.

Answer 2

Healthy, Low Fat Apple Cinnamon Cake
Flour - 3/4 cup
Eggs - 3
Super fine sugar - 1/2 cup
Apples - 4
Raisins - 1/2 cup
Ground cinnamon - 1 to 2 tsps
Honey - 3 to 4 tbsps
Water - 1 tbsp
Low fat soft cheese - 1 cup
Low fat cream cheese - 4 tbsps
Lemon juice - 2 teaspoons
Apricot glaze - 3 tbsps

Preheat oven to 375, and lightly grease a cake tin.
Beat the eggs with sugar in a bowl until thick.
Sift the flour and cinnamon over the egg mixture, and mix in with a spoon. Add in to the prepared cake tin, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, peel and core the apples. Then cut 3 apples into thin slices. Put in a pot, and add 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 tablespoon of water. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
Add in the raisins and cinnamon, and mix well. Let it cool.
In a bowl, mix the soft cheese with 1 tablespoon of honey, fromage frais, and the lemon juice. Mix well.
When the cake is done, cut it in half horizontally - so you have 2 round halves. Spread on 2/3 of the cheese mixture, and top off with the cooked apples and sauce. The place the other half on top.
Spread the leftover cheese mixture on top of the cake. Thinly slice the last apple, and lay it in a circular shape. Brush on the apricot glaze, and its ready to serve.
Apricot glaze is apricot jelly/preserves heated and then poured on cake
OR TRY...

Christmas Strawberry Cake

1 box white cake mix
4 tbsp. flour
3/4 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 c. water
1 pkg. strawberry Jello
1 c. crushed, fresh or frozen strawberries
1 c. sugar (omit sugar if strawberries are sweetened)

Mix the cake mix, flour and Jello together, add water and oil, blend well. Add the beaten eggs and sugar and mix well. Add strawberries and stir until thoroughly blended. Pour into two or three greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 or 40 minutes.

FROSTING
1 box confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 c. melted butter
Crushed strawberries
Dash of salt

Add the melted butter to the confectioners' sugar, then add enough crushed strawberries to make the mixture the consistency to spread on the cake.
OR TRY...
BLUEBERRY DUMP CAKE
1 #2 can crushed pineapple, not drained
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 #2 can cherry or blueberry pie filling
1/2 lb. (2 sticks) margarine
1 c. chopped nuts (pecans)

Grease 9 by 13 pan. Put in pineapple not drained and spoon pie filling over this dump cake. Mix over this slice margarine over all and sprinkle with nuts. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Serve warm with ice cream or Dream Whip.

Answer 3

I got this from a friend. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds yummy.

Best Chocolate Cake

1 package chocolate cake mix (we used Duncan Hines devils food)
1 (3.9-ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cups sour cream
1 cup butter, room temperature
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Powdered sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan.Stir
together
cake
mix and pudding mix in a mixer bowl. Make a well in center and add
sour
cream, butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat on low speed until blended.
Scrape
bowl and beat again. Fold in chocolate chips. Batter will be thick
(mousse
consistency) . Pour into pan.Bake 60 to 70 minutes. Let cool in pan 10
minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. When
completely
cooled, sprinkle with powered sugar, then slice and serve.

Answer 4

Simple is to go buy cake mixes!! There is no such thing as low or little calories in cake!! Dream on!!

How many cakes are you two needing for a party?? One cake will serve about 18 people unless you are wanting few calories and so make the servings smaller than 3 x 3 inches or 1/12 of a layer cake.

http://www.wilton.com has lots of cake ideas and a few good recipes.

BETTER THAN SEX CAKE
yellow or white cake mix mixed to package directions and baked per directions in 9 x 13 sheet cake pan

2 cups chocolate chips
1 package instant pudding mix- according to pkg.
1 cup coconut flakes
1 bottle chocolate syrup
1 can cherry pie filling
1 carton cool whip

just after taking cake out of oven, drizzle chocolate syrup over top in random fashion.
spread pudding mix over this.
on top of pudding sprinkle coconut, chocolate chips and cherry pie filling.
top with cool whip.

maybe save a few cherries to decorate top?

Answer 5

Pina Colada Cake
1 white cake mix as directed,1 (151/2 oz) can coco lopez cream of coconut,1 can eagle condensed milk,8oz cool whip,shredded coconut
Mix and bake cake as directed ,but use 2 eggs instead of 3. Mix cream of coconut with milk,punch holes in cake and pour
mix over cake while it is still hot . Chill and frost with cool whip. Sprinkle with shredded coconut on cake. Keep refrigerated .

Answer 6

your store bought cake mixes are about as simple as you can get, and there a good variety to chose from. the majority of your calories are in the icing. you could also use these mixes to make cup cakes and provide a variety of topping choices so that everyone can top their own cup cake.

Answer 7

There actually are cookbooks specially for you! Go to your nearest Barnes and Noble or other quality bookseller and ask the clerk. Believe me, they won't make fun of you. And some of those cookbooks are no more than twelve to fifteen dollars. They're really worth the money, if ya ask me!

Answer 8

try ,familyfun.com,,,, they have tons of cute fun ideas just for you two !!REALLY try it ,YOU'll be so excited.............