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A cake is a form of food, usually sweet, often baked . Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetening agent (commonly sugar), a binding agent (generally egg, though gluten or starch are often used by vegetarians and vegans), shortening (usually butter or margarine, although a fruit puree can be substituted to avoid fats), a liquid ( milk, waterDrinking water This article focuses on water as we experience it every day. The water (molecule) article describes water from a scientific and technical perspective. Water is an abundant substance on Earth. It exists in many forms, such as sea, rain, and or fruit juice), flavoursFlavouring (or flavoring is a product which is added to food in order to change or augment its taste. Flavourings can be either natural or artificial, and they are added to many foods made in a factory. There are also so-called nature-identical flavouring and some form of leavening agentA leavening agent is an organism or substance that when added to a dough of flour and water causes it to "rise" by evolving carbon dioxide or other gases that become trapped as bubbles within the dough. Commonly used leavening agents include: baker's yeas (such as yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae is a yeast used in both baking and brewing. Yeast are a group of unicellular fungi a few species of which are commonly used to leaven bread and ferment alcoholic beverages. Most yeasts belong to the division Ascomycota. A few yeas or baking powderBaking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent used in baking. There are several formulations; all contain an alkali, typically sodium bicarbonate ( baking soda), and an acid in the form of salt crystals, together with starch to keep it dry. When dissolv).

Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions, particularly weddingThis article is about the marriage ceremony. For the former borough in Berlin, see Wedding, Berlin. Aswan, Egypt A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated. In most societies, a number of wedding traditios or birthdayA birthday is the date on which a person was born. It is customary in many cultures to celebrate the anniversary of one's birthday in some way, for example by having a birthday party with friends in which gifts are exchanged. It is also customary to treat parties. The bride and bridegroom are the first to eat their wedding cake, often serving each other a piece in their fingers. For birthdays, a frosted (iced) cake, often with inscriptions in frosting and figural decorations, is covered with candles, which are blown out after the celebrant makes a wish.

1 Techniques

Cakes can be made using several different basic techniques:

• Creaming method - butter and sugar are creamed together before the rest of the ingredients are gradually added.
• Melt-and-mix - dry ingredients are mixed together and then melted butter and other liquids are added to complete the cake.
• Rubbing method - butter is rubbed into the dry ingredients before the liquid is added.
• 'All-in-together' - the dry ingredients and shortening are placed in the food processer and liquid is gradually added.
• Sponge-making - eggs and sugar are whipped to a froth and flour is carefully mixed in. No raising agent or fat is used in this method and it takes great skill to make a light sponge.

A finished cake is often enhanced by frosting (icing) and/or toppings. 250px Birthday Cake