Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Creaming Method

  • First, measure out and sift together your dry ingredients. (flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa) You want to be ready because you don't want your butter-sugar-egg mixture to loose volume.
  • Mix your room temperature butter with the sugar, salt and vanilla until the mixture is light in color and fluffy.

  • Add eggs (room temp) one at a time, mixing until smooth between each addition. Mixture should be light, fluffy and almost silky.
  • Start by adding a portion of the dry ingredients to the mixture and alternately add a portion o the wet ingredients (again, room temperature or else you could change the consistency of your batter), preferably in 3 stages, or until everything is mixed in.
  • Once you add the flour, DO NOT OVER MIX or your texture could turn out tough.