BEST BASIC CAKE MIX
8 cup cake-and-pastry flour
6 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup baking powder
2 tsp salt
CHOCOLATE MOCHA CAKE
2 tbsp hot water
1 tbsp instant coffee granules
3 1/3 cup basic cake mix [above]
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
VANILLA CREAM CHEESE ICING
1 package cream cheese [250g]
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
Directions
Basic Cake Mix:
In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
until well combine.
[To store: transfer to airtight container, store in cool dry place
for up to 2 months. Stir well before using.]
Makes enough for 4 cakes.
Best: Chocolate Mocha Cake
In small bowl, stir water with coffee; let cool. In large bowl and
using electric mixer at medium speed, beat Basic Cake Mix,
buttermilk, coffee, cocoa and baking soda for 2 minutes. Add oil,
eggs and vanilla; reduce speed to low and beat for 1 minute.
Pour into greased 9-inch square cake pan; bake in 375F 190C oven for
about 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out
clean. Let cool in pan on rack.
Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing:
In bowl, beat cream cheese with vanilla at medium speed for 30
seconds or until blended. Add icing sugar; beat for 1-1/2 minutes or
until smooth and creamy. Makes 1-1/2 cups.
Source: Canadian Living magazine, Oct 94 Presented in article by
Elizabeth Baird: "Baking Up The Best" Recipe by Canadian Living Test
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Servings: 12 servings
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The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as an idea can be observed back into distant history, in fact as far back as pharonic Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. In practice though, sadly, these ancient recipes were just primitive hieroglyphic recipes for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of clay tablets in Sumerian which recount the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel exhilarated. As we move into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a Roman scholar, called Apicius, assembled some scrolls showing how to cook the recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. In his publication, Apicius describes how the roman meals were separated into starters, main meal and dessert, something we still use today. He also informs us how the chefs of Roman times used many different herbs and spices, including many that are still in use today such as bay, fennel and parsley. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, there are some interesting books which were published in the fourteenth century - one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, they are unconnected to the curry that is familiar to us all today, but rather descriptions of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the upper classes of the period. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought us a variety of foods and herbs from middle-east cuisine, including coriander, parsley, and rosemary. These new culinary innovations was responsible for an eruption in manuscripts on food, many of which still exist in academic collections. Over the following few centuries, the wealthy families of Europe strove to offer the most extravagent meals, and because of this the best cooks and their recipes were greatly in demand. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 19th century that formal cookery and recipe collections became really popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted their lives to collating, verifying, and recording the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. When we get to the 1900s, recipe publications are greatly in demand mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, more leisure time and being a little richer. |
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