Easy Cake Recipe

"This easy cake recipe was so simple you won't believe it!"

Cake mixes are deservedly popular because they save time and have fewer bowls to wash, but what a tragedy!

• Be sure your oven thermostat is accurate. Pick up an inexpensive oven thermometer to check your oven.
• Read the easy cake recipe all the way through, and have all your ingredients handy. Being prepared makes this easy cake recipe even easier.
• For the best results, use the best ingredients. Real butter makes cakes with a real butter taste, there is no substitution for the real thing.
• Keep your cake pans spotlessly clean for best baking results.
• Be accurate in your measurements. Baking is a simple science, and accurate measuring is part of teh successful process.
• Bake your cakes in the center of the oven for the most even baking. Space them evenly apart on one rack, if necessary.
• Do test your cakes with a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center at the first sign of an evenly browned, smooth top. If it comes out clean, your creation is ready to remove from the oven.

This strawberry cake recipe is one of the essential valentine day dessert recipes. But, you could easily substitute any flavor jam and any color (or white, even)frosting to make this easy cake recipe uniquely your own.



Pink Passion Cake
	1/2 cup    butter (plus 1T softened butter)   2/3 cup    sugar   1 tsp    vanilla   2   egg yolks   1   egg   1 cup    flour   1/2 tsp    baking powder   1/2 tsp    baking soda   1/4 tsp    salt   1/3 cup    sour cream   1/2 cup    strawberry preserves     1 Preheat your oven to 350* 2 Cream the 1/2 cup butter with the sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the vanilla. Continue beating with electric mixer for 2 minutes on medium speed. 3 Add the yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add whole egg. Mix well. 4 Sift the flour into a small bowl along with the baking powder, baking soda and the salt. 5 Add the flour mixture alternatively to the big mixing bowl with the sour cream, beating on low speed just until smooth. 6 Spread evenly into a heart-shaped baking pan (or one 8" round cake pan). 7 Bake for 35 minutes until the top is golden and springs back slightly when pressed. 8 Cool completely on a wire rack. 9 Using a serrated knife, carefully cut it horizontally into two layers. 10 Place one layer on your serving plate. Spread the preserves over the top and then place the remaining layer on top. 11 Tint 1 1/2 cups of buttercream frosting with red food color until desired "pink" is achieved. Reserve 1/2 cup of frosting for white piping details. 12 Spread with pink buttercream frosting on top and sides. 13 Spoon the remaining white frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a decorating tip and pipe icing decorations onto your dessert as desired.   Servings: 16 Yield: 9" cake    Nutrition Facts Serving size: 1 serving Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information: strawberry preserves           Amount Per Serving       Calories   131.57   Calories From Fat (50%)   65.19       % Daily Value Total Fat 7.36g   11%   Saturated Fat 4.35g   22%   Cholesterol 58.77mg   20%   Sodium 84.81mg   4%   Potassium 25.27mg   1%   Carbohydrates 14.71g   5%   Dietary Fiber 0.22g   1%   Sugar 8.45g       Sugar Alcohols 0.00g       Net Carbohydrates 14.49g       Protein 1.82g   4%





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