Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 (8-inch) round cake pans. Stir the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer ...
Grease three 20 cm round cake tins and line the bases with baking parchment. 3. Put the cocoa in a bowl, add 280ml boiling water and whisk until dissolved. 4. Pour in the stout, mix then well and set ...
The ingredients need to be at the correct temperature before you start. For example, many cake recipes specify soft, chilled or frozen butter, and eggs at room temperature, in order to achieve a ...
The trick to getting a sponge cake to rise is to mix the wet ingredients together before gently folding in the dry ingredients to keep air in the mixture. The creaming method, in which butter and ...