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Why Everyone Should Have an Easy Vanilla Cake Recipe
By Vince Platania

An easy vanilla cake recipe is essential for any good cook (or even a not-so-good cook who still needs to bake sometimes!). Whether you need it for a birthday, a baby shower, a graduation, tailgating, or "just because," a basic white cake should be part of any baker's repertoire. It can be served simply with frosting, or baked into cupcakes; it can be made more special by stirring in mini chocolate chips or crushed Oreos; or you can even cut it up and turn it into entirely different desserts, like skewered cake cubes dipped in chocolate. Very little in life is as adaptable and cooperative as a white cake!

Now, I normally create my own recipes; my hobby is entering cooking contests, so I'm always trying to come up with new ideas and devising new concoctions. (And in all honesty, some of those concoctions have been pretty odd in my efforts to be "innovative!") But I have to give credit where it's due, and my favorite easy vanilla cake recipe is a slight adaptation of one from Taste of Home magazine:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (double-strength, if you've got it)
2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/3 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350° F. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar; stir in the eggs and vanilla. Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add half the dry mixture, and combine well. Stir in the buttermilk until well mixed, then add the rest of the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Divide the batter between two greased and floured 9" baking pans and bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely.

Even if you don't have a specific occasion to bake for, but the craving for cake simply overtakes you, this easy vanilla cake recipe will calm your desires. Not only is it made very quickly, but it also requires no particular skill; so whether you're an expert or a novice, baking this cake will not be at all intimidating. And isn't that the best kind of recipe, one that is a sure thing? This easy vanilla cake recipe warmly invites anyone to enjoy it, even if they've never baked before.

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The Best Cupcake Recipe is From Magnolia Bakery
By Carmen Lee

When I was exploring for the best cupcake recipe for my daughters birthday party I thought I'd find a smattering of another editions of some text edition cupcake that I could dolly up and make pretty. I was going out of my way to even look for a recipe .it would have been far easier to grab a premix at the grocery store. But given the importance of a little girls birthday party the search went on for the best cupcake recipe. Never would I have imagined the 100's of different recipes, frosting, decorations and the craziness surrounding this baby cake phenomenon.

Which rock had I been concealing under? All of a sudden we've away from basking the humble slice of carrot cake with cream cheese icing to these amazing designer cupcakes with unimaginable flavors, designs, swirls and sprinkles and names like 'Red Velvet'.

So after a little more explore of this delectable gem I stumbled across what I guess you could call a branded or trademark cupcake called Magnolia Bakery which is located in New York. There is a huge amount of hype over this particular cupcake so what better place to start than the Magnolia Bakery vanilla cupcake recipe. This really was my beginning attempt at doing cupcakes and I'm charmed that this recipe is the one I set my bench mark with.

My vanilla cupcakes turned away light and flossy, golden and tasting perfect especially attached to with a vast swirl of butter cream frosting, oh and don't forget the sprinkles. This cupcake was delightful with the right texture, visual aspect and taste. The compliments and request for more at my daughters birthday is a testament to this little sweetheart.

There are literally hundreds of article available on baking a deluxe cupcake, I do own a couple of myself. However, I announce that none have come close to the success I have when applying the best cupcake recipe from Magnolia Bakery. It is truly worth the effort.

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