Helpful Tips With Cakes

Instructions

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   Yellow cake is an old fashion cake that is noted for its moisture and flavor.

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   Yellow cake has a fairly loose crumb and makes excellent layers, sheets and cupcakes.

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   Yellow cake lends itself to be a perfect compliment for fruits such as strawberries and bananas.

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   Yellow cake is also great with cream filling between the layers.

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   Fresh fruit filling combined with a whipped cream icing makes yellow cake a special treat.

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   TIPS ON YELLOW CAKE: Oven temperature is critical for yellow cake baking.

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   Make sure that your oven's internal temperature is correct.

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   Chill your fresh baked yellow cake in the refrigerator, then slice the layers in half.

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   Make your yellow layer cakes four thin layers instead of two thick ones.

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    You can add more fruit or icing and the cake will be more moist.

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    Yellow cake dries out fast.

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    Let the layers cool in a draft free place and ice them as soon as possible.

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    All-purpose flour is good to use in yellow cake when you plan to serve with fruit or cream filling.

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    When your yellow cake must stand alone with only icing, then cake flour is best to use.

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    Boxed yellow cake mixes are excellent.

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    Add an extra egg yolk or a tablespoon of vegetable oil to give them a little extra moisture.

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    Yellow cake is flavorful in itself, so use only a little vanilla extract in the mix.

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    HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE: Fruitcake is America's traditional Christmas gift.

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    A good fruitcake has very little cake batter and is full of nuts and quality fruits.

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    Fruitcake must be moist and must retain moisture.

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    Fruitcake is traditionally baked in a ring form.

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    The quality of most commercially made fruitcake is a far cry from the old fashion traditional cake.

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    TIPS ON FRUITCAKE: Follow the directions in making the fruitcake listed in this book and you can not go wrong.

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    These formulas have proven themselves time and again to be the best there is.

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    The apricot and pineapple (fruitcake type of cake) are also super good and are proven sellers.

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    Try them all and they will make you money.

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    ANGEL FOOD CAKES: Angel Food cake is the lightest of all cakes.

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    They are low in calories and have no cholesterol.

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    They are characteristically baked in a special ring Angel cake pan.

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    Angel Food cakes lend