Easy Cake Recipes

Cakes are usually an expected dessert for most occasions. Some cakes are generally expensive to purchase, so it becomes necessary to bake your own cake. If you are looking for some easy cake recipes, then consider Chocolate, Banana and Carrot cakes. These specific cakes are usually acknowledged as easy cake recipes because the ingredients are usually easy to obtain and inexpensive to purchase.

The ingredients of a simple Chocolate cake are:

• 4 oz of butter
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1   cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup milk

Steps to baking a Chocolate cake:

1. Ensure that the oven is preheated to 180C or 360F.
2. Melt the four ounces of butter.
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Make a mixture from the combination of milk and eggs.
5. Pour the mixture of milk and eggs into the bowl with dry ingredients and add melted butter, then mix until it is smooth.
6. Grease the baking tins that will be used with grease paper and margarine (this is to hinder the cake from sticking to the baking tin)
7. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and allow it to bake in the oven for approximately forty- five(45) minutes

The ingredients of a simple Banana cake are:

• 4 oz butter
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 ripe bananas
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup brown sugar

Steps to baking a Banana cake:

1. Ensure that the oven is preheated to 180C or 360F.
2. Melt the four ounces of butter.
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Use an electric mixer to beat milk, eggs, bananas and vanilla until it is smooth.
5. Add melted butter to liquid mixture and whisk as fast as possible into dry ingredients.
6. Grease the baking tins that will be used with grease paper and margarine (this is to hinder the cake from sticking to the baking tin)
7. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and allow it to bake in the oven for approximately forty- five(45) minutes

The ingredients of a simple Carrot cake are:

• 4 oz margarine
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp nutmeg powder
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups of shredded carrot
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp almond essence
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Steps to baking a Carrot cake:

1. Ensure that the oven is preheated to 180C or 360F.
2. Melt the four (4) ounces of margarine.
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Use an electric mixer to beat orange juice, eggs, shredded carrots, almond, and vanilla essence until it is smooth.
5. Add melted margarine to liquid mixture and whisk as fast as possible into dry ingredients.
6. Grease the baking tins that will be used with grease paper and margarine (this is to hinder the cake from sticking to the baking tin)
7. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and allow it to bake in the oven for approximately forty- five(45) minutes

The time spent on making these three cakes is minimal compared to other cake baking  recipes, they  require no prior baking experience and this is why they are considered to be easy cake recipes.