~CaKe~

A cake is a form of food that is usually sweet and 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), fats (usually butter, shortening,

or margarine, although a fruit puree can be substituted to avoid using fat),

a liquid (milk, water or fruit juice), flavors and some form of leavening agent

(such as yeast or baking powder),

though many cakes lack these ingredients and instead rely on air bubbles in the dough to expand and cause the cake to rise.
Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions,

particularly weddings, anniversaries and birthdays.

There are literally thousands of cakes recipes

(some are bread-like and some rich and elaborate)

and many are centuries old.

Cake making is no longer a complicated procedure;

Baking utensils and directions have been so perfected and simplified that even

the amateur cook may easily become an expert baker.

There are five basic types of cake, depending on the substance used for leavening.