烤蛋糕

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INGREDIENTS:
•        1/2 cup butter
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•        1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract( if you like the flavor)
8 b# [6 W8 n7 l. Y- i•        1 1/2 cups sifted  flour ( if you don’t like the trouble, use all-purpose flour)
8 u# J0 e7 f4 U, T( J8 d0 J•        1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
( y+ m* `2 d% Z: ~# S•        4 eggs, well beaten
$ b! _# F- T; _8 \1 ]1 M' m, Z+ T  B5 U" ZPREPARATION:
, Z0 o' W, S* ^4 c9 O( R# P0 bBeat butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Sift together the dry ingredients; add to cream mixture alternately with beaten eggs, beating well after each addition.
Turn into greased and floured 8-inch tube pan or 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then turn out onto a cake rack. Cool and glaze or frost as desired. Store tightly covered.
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4 \( \/ I2 w* i7 q# R! N& m5 hMy opinion: ( Sorry . I typed in Chinese the first time, but lost it. No patience to type Chinese again—I am lousy in typing Chinese.)
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  A& u* h8 w! D) @I normally strictly follow the amount for each ingredient the recipe calls for, except SUGAR( I prefer to cut it to ¾ or 2/3 of the recipe. It is too sweet for some Chinese. But if you like the sweetness of the Cake Mix you got from super market, you can follow the recipe.
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For beating, you can buy a simple Hand Mixer for about $10. It can not only be used for making cakes but also bread, or mashed potatoes（土豆泥）ect.

OliveOil

牙签，插入蛋糕较厚处，取出，若没粘着什么sticky flour, 就好了。

OliveOil

你若喜欢烤面食的话，一定要有一套量器的。所有recipes 都是用cup, table spoon, tea spoon 做基本单位的。用量不一样，效果绝对不同。