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There are so many cakes, yet so little time to bake them all. But trying sometime is really fun. When I started baking I tried first this simple recipes, no frosting, no other decorations, yet, so delicious. In all the various cake recipes available, there are two basic types: foam or chiffon cakes and butter cakes. So, what is the difference between the two? Well, chiffon cakes and sponge cakes are delicate cakes, made with little or no fat like butter,oil or shortening, which makes them lighter than butter cakes. Most foam cakes recipes have no or little amount of baking powder or baking soda,
instead they depend on large amount of eggs,either separated or whole eggs. And because sponge cakes have a high proportion of eggs than flour, that makes them spongy texture.
Why is it delicate? In baking chiffon cakes, where the eggs are separated, and the yolk with flour mixture, while whites are separately mix. In beating of whites, make sure that you don't have to stop at the middle while mixing. Put the cream of tartar, to stabilize the beaten eggs, and gradually add the sugar. Beat until stiff peak. Gently fold to the flour mixture with the liquid and all other ingredients. Watch your strokes in folding, it may affect the cake. Butter cakes on the other hand, which probably the most popular type of cake. They contain fats such as butter, margarine, or shortening. Butter cake recipes are easily doubled if you have extra baking tins and any butter cakes can be baked as cupcakes. In my experience in baking, butter cakes can be baked in any baking pan, making sure to greased the pan. But chiffon cakes are ideally baked in aluminum baking pans. Usually the first step of butter cakes are creaming the butter added by sugar, and eggs. Then the flour alternately with the liquid, and ends with the flour. If you will add nuts, then it's time to add them. Don't forget to preheat the oven, it's not good as you like if you set aside the mixture before baking, just because you are waiting for the oven to meet the preheated temperature. So, these are some basic information in baking cakes.
