How to make a cake

How to make a cake

Do you want to serve a delicious and tasty dessert at home? A cake is a popular baked food that is commonly served on special occasions like birthdays and wedding celebrations. To make a cake, different ingredients are needed, which include a sweetening agent, a leavening agent as well as a binding agent. If you want to know how to make a cake, just follow the simple recipes featured on this page.

Brazilian Carrot Cake

To make this cake, you need three large carrots, four eggs and two cups white sugar. In addition, you should have two cups all purpose flour, a tablespoon of baking powder and two tablespoons butter or margarine. To improve the taste of the dessert, you need a cup of white sugar, a cup of instant hot chocolate mix and ¾ cup milk.

Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and preheat. Spay vegetable oil on a baking dish. Peel carrots and slice thinly. Pour a teaspoon of cooking oil in a blender. Add the carrots and eggs. Blend the ingredients until the vegetable are finely chopped. Add in sugar and blend for another three minutes. Transfer the batter on the dish. Place the baking dish in the oven. Cook for 40 minutes.

Mix a cup of sugar, butter, chocolate mix as well as milk in a bowl. Transfer the mixture on a skillet. Heat the skillet on low fire. Wait until the mixture thickens. After baking the cake, spread the mixture on the cake. Refrigerate the dessert for an hour.

Black Magic Cake

For this dessert, you should have 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour, two cups white sugar, ¾ cup cocoa powder, two teaspoons baking soda and a teaspoon baking powder. Aside from these, you should have a teaspoon salt, two eggs, a cup brewed coffee, a cup buttermilk, ½ cup vegetable oil and a teaspoon vanilla extract.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray cooking oil on round cake pans. Mix sugar, baking soda, cocoa, flour, baking powder as well as salt in a bowl. Add vanilla, oil, buttermilk, coffee and eggs. Combine the two mixtures and blend for 3 minutes. Transfer the mixture on pans. Bake the cake for half hour. After baking, set the dessert aside for 10 minutes. Refrigerate for an hour and serve. You can frost the cake before serving.

More Points on Cakes

Cakes have different kinds, which include cheesecakes, sponge cakes and Ruske Kape. To decorate cakes, you need special tools such as syringes, piping bags and piping tips. To improve the taste of cakes, you can cover the desserts with icing like marzipan, buttercream and royal icing.

When making cakes, it is beneficial to have ideas about the different shapes of cakes. If you want to bake cakes using a Springform pan, you can make layer cakes. If you want to prepare cakes that can be served individually, then you should know how to make madeleines and cupcakes.

If you want the dessert to have a better texture, then you can substitute milk with buttermilk. To bake a lighter cake, allot enough time to cool the dessert before you frost it.

How to make pizza

How to make pizza 

 Method 1 : Fast Pizza

Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit (204°Celsius). The oven should be piping hot before you start cooking the pizza.

 Prepare the crust. Remove the unbaked crust from the packaging. Place it on a round or rectangular baking sheet, depending on what you have on hand. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the top of the crust.

Spread pizza sauce on the crust. How much pizza sauce you add is purely a matter of personal preference. If you love a lot of sauce, go ahead and slather it on. If you prefer your pizza on the dry side, spoon a little in the middle and spread it around in a thin layer.

If you want to make a white pizza, add a little extra olive oil and skip the pizza sauce.

You can make a quick pizza sauce using tomato paste, a can of diced tomatoes, and some spices. Simmer the paste and tomatoes (without draining them first) together over low heat. Add salt, oregano and pepper to taste. Continue simmering until the sauce cooks down to the consistency of pizza sauce.

Add toppings. Layer your favorite toppings over the sauce. Add as many or as few toppings as you want. Put the heavier toppings, like onions, chicken or sausage, on the bottom layer, and add lighter toppings, like spinach leaves or peppers, on the top layer. Continue until your pizza is loaded with the amount of toppings you like.

Other than pepperoni, which is pre-cooked, meat toppings should always be cooked before you put them on the pizza. They'll get heated when you bake the pizza, but they won't fully cook. If you're using ground beef, sausage, chicken, or another meat, brown it thoroughly on the stove and drain the grease before you add it to your pizza.

Remember that if you add too many vegetable toppings, your pizza crust may turn out a little soggy. The water from the vegetables moistens the dough. Limit the amount of spinach and other "watery" vegetables you put on your pizza if you're worried about this happening.

Add the cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the toppings. Layer it on thick if you like it that way, or add a thin layer if you're going for a lighter pizza.

Bake the pizza. Place the pizza in the oven and have it bake for about 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes before slicing.

Method 2: Pizza from Scratch

Poof the yeast. Place the warm water in a large mixing bowl. Pour the yeast onto the water and let it sit until it dissolves. After a few minutes the yeast mixture should begin to bubble.

Add the other dough ingredients. Put the flour, olive oil, and salt in the mixing bowl with the yeast mixture. Use the dough hook attachment on your stand mixture or work by hand to stir the ingredients together until a wet dough forms. Keep mixing the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.[1]

If you're working by hand, the dough will become difficult to stir when it starts to thicken. Put down the spoon and knead the dough until it reaches the right texture.

If the dough looks wet after you've been mixing or kneading it for a long time, add some flour to thicken it up.

 Let the dough rise. Form it into a ball and place it in a clean mixing bowl coated with a little olive oil. Put a drape a dishcloth or plastic wrap over the bowl and place it in a warm part of the kitchen. Let the dough sit and rise until it has doubled in size, which should take about 2 hours.

You can let the dough rise in the refrigerator instead. This takes about 6 - 8 hours.

You can also freeze the dough before it rises and let it rise when you're ready to make pizza.

Preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C). Do this well before you're ready to bake the pizza, so the oven has plenty of time to get quite hot. If your oven tends to run cool, turn the temperature up to 450°F (232°C).

If you're using a baking stone or pizza stone, place it in the oven so it gets preheated as well.

If you're using a baking sheet, place it in the oven at this time.

Form the crusts. Divide the dough into two equal parts and shape them each into balls. On a floured work surface, roll out the first ball of dough into a circular shape, or use your fingers to stretch it out and shape it. If you're feeling ambitious, you could also try tossing the dough to form it into a pizza shape. When you're finished with the first crust, make the second.

Get the crusts ready to bake. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the tops of the crusts.

Top the pizzas. Spread homemade pizza sauce (or sauce from a jar) onto the crusts. Layer on your favorite toppings, making sure not to go overboard or the crusts won't get crisp. Finish by sprinkling on your favorite type of cheese.

Bake the pizzas one at a time. Carefully remove the baking sheet or stone from the oven and sprinkle it with some cornmeal (or reach into the oven to sprinkle it on). Transfer the pizza to the baking stone or sheet, and place it back in the oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly. Repeat with the second pizza.

If you're using a baking peel, transfer the pizza directly from the peel to the stone in the oven. Baking peels are used by professional pizza bakers along with baking stones. The unbaked pizza is assembled on the peel, then transferred to the stone in the oven.

How to make pizza

Method 1 : Fast Pizza

Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit (204°Celsius). The oven should be piping hot before you start cooking the pizza.

 Prepare the crust. Remove the unbaked crust from the packaging. Place it on a round or rectangular baking sheet, depending on what you have on hand. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the top of the crust.

Spread pizza sauce on the crust. How much pizza sauce you add is purely a matter of personal preference. If you love a lot of sauce, go ahead and slather it on. If you prefer your pizza on the dry side, spoon a little in the middle and spread it around in a thin layer.

If you want to make a white pizza, add a little extra olive oil and skip the pizza sauce.

You can make a quick pizza sauce using tomato paste, a can of diced tomatoes, and some spices. Simmer the paste and tomatoes (without draining them first) together over low heat. Add salt, oregano and pepper to taste. Continue simmering until the sauce cooks down to the consistency of pizza sauce.

Add toppings. Layer your favorite toppings over the sauce. Add as many or as few toppings as you want. Put the heavier toppings, like onions, chicken or sausage, on the bottom layer, and add lighter toppings, like spinach leaves or peppers, on the top layer. Continue until your pizza is loaded with the amount of toppings you like.

Other than pepperoni, which is pre-cooked, meat toppings should always be cooked before you put them on the pizza. They'll get heated when you bake the pizza, but they won't fully cook. If you're using ground beef, sausage, chicken, or another meat, brown it thoroughly on the stove and drain the grease before you add it to your pizza.

Remember that if you add too many vegetable toppings, your pizza crust may turn out a little soggy. The water from the vegetables moistens the dough. Limit the amount of spinach and other "watery" vegetables you put on your pizza if you're worried about this happening.

Add the cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the toppings. Layer it on thick if you like it that way, or add a thin layer if you're going for a lighter pizza.

Bake the pizza. Place the pizza in the oven and have it bake for about 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes before slicing.

Method 2: Pizza from Scratch

Poof the yeast. Place the warm water in a large mixing bowl. Pour the yeast onto the water and let it sit until it dissolves. After a few minutes the yeast mixture should begin to bubble.

Add the other dough ingredients. Put the flour, olive oil, and salt in the mixing bowl with the yeast mixture. Use the dough hook attachment on your stand mixture or work by hand to stir the ingredients together until a wet dough forms. Keep mixing the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.[1]

If you're working by hand, the dough will become difficult to stir when it starts to thicken. Put down the spoon and knead the dough until it reaches the right texture.

If the dough looks wet after you've been mixing or kneading it for a long time, add some flour to thicken it up.

 Let the dough rise. Form it into a ball and place it in a clean mixing bowl coated with a little olive oil. Put a drape a dishcloth or plastic wrap over the bowl and place it in a warm part of the kitchen. Let the dough sit and rise until it has doubled in size, which should take about 2 hours.

You can let the dough rise in the refrigerator instead. This takes about 6 - 8 hours.

You can also freeze the dough before it rises and let it rise when you're ready to make pizza.

Preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C). Do this well before you're ready to bake the pizza, so the oven has plenty of time to get quite hot. If your oven tends to run cool, turn the temperature up to 450°F (232°C).

If you're using a baking stone or pizza stone, place it in the oven so it gets preheated as well.

If you're using a baking sheet, place it in the oven at this time.

Form the crusts. Divide the dough into two equal parts and shape them each into balls. On a floured work surface, roll out the first ball of dough into a circular shape, or use your fingers to stretch it out and shape it. If you're feeling ambitious, you could also try tossing the dough to form it into a pizza shape. When you're finished with the first crust, make the second.

Get the crusts ready to bake. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the tops of the crusts.

Top the pizzas. Spread homemade pizza sauce (or sauce from a jar) onto the crusts. Layer on your favorite toppings, making sure not to go overboard or the crusts won't get crisp. Finish by sprinkling on your favorite type of cheese.

Bake the pizzas one at a time. Carefully remove the baking sheet or stone from the oven and sprinkle it with some cornmeal (or reach into the oven to sprinkle it on). Transfer the pizza to the baking stone or sheet, and place it back in the oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly. Repeat with the second pizza.

If you're using a baking peel, transfer the pizza directly from the peel to the stone in the oven. Baking peels are used by professional pizza bakers along with baking stones. The unbaked pizza is assembled on the peel, then transferred to the stone in the oven.

How to make Tiramisu

How to make Tiramisu 

 Method 1 of 3: Prepare the Components

Make the cheese mixture. In a large mixing bowl, place the egg yolks, sugar, cheese and vanilla. Use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to beat the ingredients until you have a smooth, creamy, fluffy concoction. Add a tablespoon of espresso and continue beating until it is thoroughly incorporated

2 Combine the espresso and rum. Put the remaining espresso and rum in a small bowl. Stir to combine them. If you wish, you can also add a teaspoon of kalua to the mixture.

3 Soak the ladyfingers. Unwrap the ladyfingers from their packaging. One by one, dip them into the espresso mixture to soak them. Turn them over to make sure all sides are saturated. Place the soaked ladyfingers in the bottom of a large glass baking dish or casserole dish. Continue soaking ladyfingers and lining the bottom of the dish until it is completely covered.

Line up the ladyfingers in a neat, single layer. You can break some of the ladyfingers into pieces to finish lining the dish if necessary.

You can arrange the ladyfingers in an interesting pattern if you want the dish to have an interesting final effect.

Method 2 of 1: Assemble the Tiramisu

Add a layer of the cheese mixture. Spoon half of the cheese mixture over the ladyfingers. Use a spatula to spread the cheese mixture evenly across the ladyfingers, all the way to the edges of the baking dish.

Sprinkle the layer with cocoa. Use about half of the cocoa to sprinkle the cheese layer.

3 Make another layer of ladyfingers. Soak each ladyfinger and place it on top of the cheese layer. Keep soaking ladyfingers and adding them to the dish until you have created a solid layer of ladyfingers.

4 Make another layer of the cheese mixture. Spoon the remaining cheese mixture on the top layer of ladyfingers. Use a spatula to spread it evenly across the dish.

Method 3 of 3: Finish the Tiramisu

1 Refrigerate the tiramisu. Cover the assembled tiramisu with a sheet of plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator to let the flavors meld for about 2 hours, or overnight.

2 Garnish the tiramisu. Remove the tiramisu from the refrigerator and discard the plastic wrap. Sprinkle the remaining cocoa powder over the top of the tiramisu. If you prefer, you can garnish the tiramisu with chocolate shavings or small chocolate chips.

3 Serve the tiramisu. Cut the tiramisu into square serving portions and serve it on dessert plates with hot coffee or a glass of red wine.

4 Finished.

Few tips for men how to choose jewelry

Jewelry is perhaps one of the most desirable gifts for women. At the same time, the selection of jewelry is often a very difficult task for most men. The correct choice of jewelry has a magic effect on women, evoking feelings, showing the importance of relationships and respect for women.

But most likely you, like most men know how to choose jewelry as much as versed in microbiology or plasma physics. The good news are, you do not need to go crazy and run around in agony on the jewelry stores. We suggest you read a few simple tips to help you make the right choice:

Tip 1: Please look and listen

To understand what jewelry she likes, sometimes enough only to see what jewelry she already has. So you can define her own style, her favorite gemstones and see what jewels are still missing in her wardrobe. Be sure, if she wears a pearl necklace, then a pair of earrings with pearls will lead her into raptures.

Carefully, as if by chance, show her advertise of jewelry in a magazine or on the street, ask her opinion and listen carefully, the answer will help you in your quest. Measure the simple line of inner diameter of the ring, it will help you and the seller to choose the right size.

Tip 2: Appreciate individuality.

If she is a hopeless romantic present her a heart-shaped pendant, necklace or ring with a stone, faceted a heart. If she is closer to a classic style or she prefers to business suits, then your choice of elegant ring with a diamond, a pair of earrings, diamond studs or a chain with a few neat links. But this should not stop jewelry in the form of the sun, dolphins, butterflies or any other sure she liked it. Remember the main thing - try to avoid the acquisition of the fashion designer jewelry, or those that are only suitable for night clubs, at least until then, unless you are sure that she really likes it.

Tip 3: Ask her friends

Her sister, mother or friend talk about her preferences and help you determine the correct search direction. Of course, you can turn directly to her, just next time you go shopping together look at what delayed her eyes.

Tip 4: The most important advice. If you are still not sure what to present - give a diamond ring! Believe, this gift is relevant at all times and on every occasion, and more important not the size of the diamond, but the fact!

How to Make a BLT Sandwich

Making a Classic BLT

Cook the bacon. If there's one thing that's absolutely, positively, 100% crucial to a BLT, it's bacon. Delicious, delectable bacon. Turn a burner on your stove to medium heat and place a large or medium-sized frying pan on it. When the pan is hot (you'll know it's ready if water flicked on to immediately sizzles), add your bacon strips and let them begin to fry. Use tongs or a long fork to periodically turn your bacon strips as they cook to avoid burning. When they have achieved a pleasing brownish color, transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels. The entire process shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes or so.

While waiting for your bacon to cook, you can proceed to the next few steps to save time. Just keep an eye on your bacon to make sure it doesn't burn.

As an alternative to frying, you can bake bacon by placing it in a shallow cooking pan and leaving it in an oven set to 375o F (190o C) for about 15 to 20 minutes.

The "correct" crispiness of bacon is a subject of endless debate among bacon aficionados. Some people like their bacon soft and chewy, while others like it burnt to a crisp. Ultimately, it's up to you. The earlier you remove your bacon from the pan, the softer it will be.

Add your spreads to one slice of bread. Next, take out two slices of bread and lay them flat on a clean, clear cutting board or work area. Spread mayonnaise (or a substitute like Miracle Whip) on one slice of bread. Then, spread mustard over the mayonnaise. Finally, add any optional spreads or condiments that you care for. For instance, some like to add a little "kick" to their BLTs with a splash of Tabasco sauce.

If you like, you can toast your bread to give your sandwich a crispy texture before applying your spreads.

Obviously, if you don't care for mayonnaise or mustard, there's no need to add either to your sandwich. You may find that having at least one spread helps your sandwich "stick together", though it's certainly not necessary.

Add a few tomato slices. Next, grab a tomato, turn it on its side, and make a few vertical cuts to produce several circular slices. Lay these evenly over your bread. Your tomato layer may be as thick as you like — some people like lots of tomatoes, while others prefer just a few thin slices.

You can use whichever type of tomato you like for your BLT. Traditional, "standard" BLTs are often depicted with large slices of beefsteak tomato, but you can also use a more flavorful varieties like heirloom or Roma tomatoes if you wish.

Add your lettuce. If you haven't already done so, wash your lettuce thoroughly in cold water to remove any dirt and make the leaves crisp and cold. Lay a few leaves of lettuce over your tomatoes. Again, the amount of lettuce you add is up to you. Many find a leaf or two to be sufficient.

As with tomatoes, the variety of lettuce you use is your choice. While many enjoy ordinary iceberg lettuce, other types, like romaine lettuce, are great alternatives. You can even use a different green, like spinach, if you prefer, though in this case your sandwich won't technically be a BLT.

Add your bacon. If your bacon hasn't finished cooking at this point, wait for it to do so. When you've removed it from the stove, lay it on a plate lined with paper towels for a few moments to allow any excess grease to be absorbed. Then, transfer the bacon to your sandwich. The amount of bacon you use is up to you — some folks like a thick mouthful of bacon, while others prefer just a taste. Depending on the size of your bread, 3-4 strips is usually enough to provide a satisfying crunch.

Place your second piece of bread on top of your sandwich. Congratulations! Your sandwich is ready to eat. At this point, you can either enjoy your delicious BLT or continue adding fillings to create a double-decker sandwich.

If your sandwich fillings are stacked too high and your sandwich falls apart when you try to eat it, you may want to spear your sandwich with a toothpick to keep it together.

For a double-decker, add more fillings and another piece of bread. Sometimes, an ordinary sandwich just doesn't cut it. If you're feeling especially hungry, consider adding a second layer of ingredients above your existing sandwich, then capping your double-decker with a third piece of bread. This second layer can contain all of the fillings you've used thus far or just the ones that you wish.

For example, if we wanted to add a second layer with all of the ingredients in the sandwich, we would spread mustard and mayonnaise on top of our current sandwich, add a few tomato slices, add a leaf of lettuce, add a few strips of bacon, and finally add another piece of bread on the very top.