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Baking
without an oven:

• 1.       The greased-baking-tray would need to be
  enclosed in a wide-bottomed vessel.
• 2.       Take the wide bottomed-vessel and pour some rock
  salt into it. (Salt can be substituted for sand, as well)
• ·        
  This salt/sand
  will be baked red-hot to bake the cake.
• ·        
  The salt/sand
  will absorb the extra moisture.
• 3.       Preheat; Cover and heat the wide-bottomed
  vessel (with the salt/sand in it), for 10 mins.
• 4.       After pre-heating. Add the cake-mix to the baking-tray.
• 5.       Place the baking-tray in the wide-bottom
  vessel, on a ring. The ring is placed so that the baking tray does not directly
  lie on the red-hot salt/sand. The ring elevates the baking-tray from direct
  heat below.
• 6.       Cover the baking-tray. (To avoid salt/sand to
  fly into the cake-mix.)
• 7.       Cover the wide-bottomed vessel too.
• 8.       The entire setup to be set on slow fire for
  30 mins.
• 9.       Remove the baked cake and enjoy. Bon Appetit.

Baking in
an oven:

• 1.      
  Preheat oven to targeted
  temp – for e.g. 180C/350 ºF – for 10 min
• 2.      
  Line an eight-inch baking
  tin tray and grease it well.
• 3.      
  Pour the thick paste into
  the prepared tray
• 4.      
  Bake in the preheated
  oven for twenty-five to thirty minutes at same temperature.

Common Baking
tips:

1. Always use oven mitts to handle hot setup
2. Always preheat.
3. Always grease the baking-tray.
4. Sift some flour for crust after greasing it. (Optional
   but recommended)
5. Do not open setup too often during the bake.
6. Check your bake until toothpick inserted in
   center comes out clean,
7. Once done, place hot tray on wire rack and let it
   cool completely before icing or eating it.

 Below are
two tried out cake mix recipes. We can use above oven and/or
non-oven baking methods:-

1. Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients

Butter	100 gms
Sweetener	1 cup (approx.)
Eggs	3 nos.
Vanilla essence	1 teaspoon
Milk	1 cup
Baking Soda	1 teaspoon
Baking Powder	1 teaspoon
All-propose flour (sifted)	1 cup

Note:

·        
Same
cup measure used for all of the above ingredients.
·        
Applicable
to any form of sweetener.

Method

1. Melt the butter.
2. Beat the
   butter in its liquid state with the powder sugar until smooth (use blender).
3. Separate
   the egg-yolks from the egg-whites.
• Break the egg(s) without damaging the yolk(s).
• Use a disposable plastic water bottle to suck the yolk out of the raw
  egg.
4. Add the egg yolks (all 3 of them) into the main mixture.
5. Add vanilla essence.
6. Continue beating the mix.
7. If tough, add milk (little by little). Do see that it is not runny, it’s
   a cake after all.
8. Beat the egg-whites in until frothy. And add the egg whites to the main
   mix.
9. Do not agitate the mix.
10. in a third container, add the baking powder and baking soda to the
    all-purpose flour and mix well.
11. Gradually cut and fold in the powder mix from the third
    container. (Do not beat the
    mixture too much.)
12. Bake

2. Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

Butter	100 gms
All-propose flour (sifted)	1/2 cup
Eggs	3 nos.
Unsweetened cocoa	2 tablespoons
Bittersweet chocolate	10 pieces
Sweetener	1/4 cup
Baking powder	1 teaspoon
Pure vanilla extract	1 teaspoon
Sour cream	1/2 cup
Bittersweet chocolate	4 ounces coarsely chopped

Method

1.      
Lightly butter and
flour cake pan. Lightly sift flour, cocoa, baking powder together onto a sheet
of waxed paper.

2.      
In the top vessel of
a double boiler melt chocolate and butter over medium-high heat, stirring
occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat.

3.      
Beat the
eggs into the sweetener.

4.      
Add vanilla essence.

5.      
Continue
beating the mix.

6.      
Add to the melted
chocolate mixture and mix on medium heat for 30 seconds.

7.      
Add flour mixture and
mix on low 10 seconds, then on medium 10 seconds.

8.      
Add sour cream and
mix on medium for 5 seconds.

9.      
Scrape around sides
and bottom of bowl with a rubber spatula to combine thoroughly. Use spatula to
fold-in the chopped chocolate.

10.   
Pour batter into cake
pan and spread evenly.

11.   
Pre-heat oven to 325
degrees.

12.   
Bake

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Length of blog: 1000 words (approx.)
Genre: Recipes

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