For many of us it is easy to create a melt in the mouth, moist high sided, golden crumb cake! After all it is only butter, sugar, eggs and flour.

But several techniques are essential for that sensational result.Last week during a food demonstration I was doing for KitchenAid,  I was asked several  questions about cakes and methods of mixing. I had a couple of wonderful cakes on display and these were creating lots of interest – and everyone wanted a slice.

There are several methods for mixing cakes. The most often used is the creaming method.  This method is used as a base for hundreds of cakes and variations on favour from the basic butter cake to a heavy dense rich chocolate cake or Christmas cake. The tips: Read the rest of this entry →