CAKE MIX IMPROVES WITH PERSONAL TOUCH.Byline: Nancy Byal Special to the Daily News Personalizing cakes to fit any occasion or taste is no trouble at all, especially when you start with a two-layer yellow, white or chocolate cake mix. Using these flavoring ideas, you can create a cake from a mix that will be special enough for company. Just choose one of the following additions. Spiced is nice: To spice up cakes, add any of these options to the dry cake mix: 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice allspice: see pimento. allspice Tropical evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) of the myrtle family, native to the West Indies and Central America and valued for its berries, the source of a highly aromatic spice. , 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg nutmeg, name applied to members of the family Myristicaceae. The true nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is an evergreen tree native to the Moluccas but now cultivated elsewhere in the tropics and to a limited extent in S Florida. . Go nuts with fruit: For cakes with a delicate flavor, add one of these with the eggs: 1/2 cup applesauce, 1 tablespoon finely shredded orange peel, 1 teaspoon maple flavoring or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract Noun 1. almond extract - flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts . If you enjoy pineapple, substitute an equal amount of unsweetened pineapple juice for the water called for in a white or yellow cake mix. Coffee or chocolate: For a cake that tastes like freshly brewed coffee, add coffee to chocolate, yellow, white or spice cake mixes. Dissolve 1 tablespoon instant coffee crystals in the water called for in the mix directions and add to the batter along with the eggs. Want a marbled mar·bled adj. 1. Made of or covered with marble: a marbled façade. 2. Having a mix of fat and lean: a well-marbled beef roast. Adj. 1. cake? Just add 1/2 cup chocolate-flavored syrup to 1/3 of white or yellow cake batter. Turn plain batter into baking pans. Turn chocolate batter atop plain batter. Swirl batter gently with a spatula spatula /spat·u·la/ (spach´u-lah) [L.] 1. a wide, flat, blunt, usually flexible instrument of little thickness, used for spreading material on a smooth surface. 2. a spatulate structure. . Buried treasures: Add tempting bits and pieces to your cake by stirring one of the following into the mixed batter: 1 cup flaked coconut, 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts, 1/2 cup miniature semisweet sem·i·sweet adj. Having a small amount of sweetening: semisweet chocolate. Adj. 1. semisweet - having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness bittersweet chocolate pieces, 1/2 cup well-drained, chopped maraschino cherries. |
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