How To Make An Easy And Delicious Chocolate Cake
Swap the three tablespoons of cocoa for three tablespoons of extra flour and add an extra teaspoon of vanilla extract. Could a little kid bake this, With adult supervision and safety precautions, yes. Why do I need vinegar, Can I make it without vinegar, Yes, you can make this without vinegar.
How do I make the toppings in step 6, One way you could make a frosting is by mixing 300g of icing sugar with 150g of butter, two tablespoons of cocoa and a splash of milk until it's all combined and smooth, then just spread it on the cake. Can I substitute baking soda for baking powder and vice versa, You can replace one with other, but you have to add some ingredients to make the chemical reaction the same and not affect your baked good.
If you want to create the equivalent of 1 teaspoon of baking powder out of baking soda, mix together ¼ teaspoon baking soda with ½ teaspoon cream of tartar and ¼ teaspoon cornstarch. If you want to use baking powder instead of baking soda, simply use three times as much baking powder. What is vanilla essence,
Vanilla essence is vanilla extract. It is extracted from vanilla beans and is used to flavor several desserts and dishes. It is the extract that is made from vanilla beans which are soaked in alcohol. It is widely used as a flavoring agent. Can I use another type of icing besides chocolate icing, Yes, you can use vanilla icing as well. How many people will the recipe serve, Will it be enough for 9 people, It serves around about 10 people, so yes it will be (just about) enough for 9 people!
If your wire is smoother than mine, you may want to make it look ‘rougher’. You can do that by twisting it with your fingers in different directions and then straightening it out (but not entirely) until you achieve a rough and distorted look. Then we take the wire pieces and make them L-shaped (let the short part be about 5-6cm - the ‘roots’). We will take two pieces of wire, hold them at the L-bend and twist them around one another (as shown in the image).
The twisted part should be about 6cm, and this will be the stem of our gem tree. Then we take the other wire pieces and one by one we twist them around the stem (don’t forget to leave wire for roots!). Now that we are done with the stem of our gem tree, we will focus on attaching the tree to the pebble (ignore the tree branches for now, we will tackle them in a bit).
First we position the tree where we want it to be (e.g the center of the pebble). Then by holding it with one hand, we turn the pebble and the tree around and start wrapping the ‘roots’ around the pebble. While still holding the stem so it doesn’t shift, we twist the wire with the round nose pliers as shown in the image. Then we cut a piece of wire, approximately 4-5cm. We put the wire though all the ‘loops’ we’ve created with the pliers.
Next we join the two ends of that piece (make sure you haven’t left any loose roots) and twist them together with the round nose pliers to tighten the roots’ grip around the pebble. Then we press the root loops with the pliers, so that they don’t stick out. You can cut any excess ends with the cutter pliers.
If your pebble has an uneven bottom, you can “stabilize” it by pressing the loops more or less, depending on the varying thickness of the pebble, so that eventually your pebble is in a perfect horizontal position. Once we’ve attached our future gem tree successfully to the pebble, we can turn back the pebble and adjust the upper part of the roots. With the tip of the round nose pliers we can twist the root wires at several places to create a more natural feeling.
