Kitchen Ninja got icing tips and a big top cupcake baking mold for Christmas.
Megasaurus and Jamiepants have showcased ugly cakes before on Facebook, so I figured I
should probably make one as well - and here it is. Ugly. Cake.
I used Martha's (Stewart) yellow cake recipe, and made my first attempt at Meringue Buttercream frosting.
Here's Martha's Cake Recipe. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE it.
Yellow Cake
4 c. sifted cake flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temp.
1 3/4 c. sugar
6 egg yolks at room temp, beaten.
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. milk at room temp.
* Oven at 350 degrees F.
* Butter and flour cake pans.
* Sift flour with baking powder and salt, and set aside.
* Cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy.
* Beat in egg yolks and add the vanilla.
* Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with milk. Stir batter until smooth.
* Pour batter into prepared cake pans and bake for about 45 minutes.
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