Making a pink cake

hemophobic

Didn't really know where to ask this. I am wanting to make a pink cake, I have been looking around google and people say to use a white cake mix and add red colouring. Does anyone know a recipe for white cake mix?

VfM4meplse

I think white cake mix might refer to a packet mix?

I looked for food colourings on MySupermarket the other day, and the generic Asda products are 2 fir £1.

Amanda65

Isn't that just a normal Victoria sponge mix? I would make a standard sponge and add colouring

the-mango

You can make 'white cake' it normally uses egg whites only to keep the white colour

although there is a white cake recipe here that looks pretty easy
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/simple-white-cake/detail.aspx

I find when making a pink cake it's just as easy to make a 'normal' sponge cake and just colour it with pink colouring.

Callie22

Just make a bog standard sponge cake (or use a packet mix if you want) and add red food colouring. The main thing to remember is that most cakes will bake a little darker than they look raw, so if you want pink rather than red go a bit easy with the colouring.

White cake mix is an American thing, I think.

hemophobic

the-mango wrote: »

You can make 'white cake' it normally uses egg whites only to keep the white colour

although there is a white cake recipe here that looks pretty easy
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/simple-white-cake/detail.aspx

I find when making a pink cake it's just as easy to make a 'normal' sponge cake and just colour it with pink colouring.

Thanks I will probably just follow this recipe, although can't see the difference between this and other cake recipes.

Might have to do a practice tomorrow, it's been a long time since I've made a cake

daska

hemophobic wrote: »

Thanks I will probably just follow this recipe, although can't see the difference between this and other cake recipes.

Might have to do a practice tomorrow, it's been a long time since I've made a cake

While the recipe calls itself a white cake it doesn't read as I would expect it to. A white cake uses more eggs but not the egg yolks!

Here's the Wilton version of a white cake for you to compare.

hemophobic

Thanks I have now got a recipe using egg whites but realised I haven't got any round cake tins. What is the standard size? It has to be at least 7.5inches wide for a decoration I bought from ebay but how deep should it be? And do I need 2 of can I cook one layer at a time?

ragz_2

I usually cut mine in half, but if you don't trust yourself then cook one layer at a time if you only have one tin. Standard size is 7/8 inches, measure in the shop to be sure as they all seem to list in cm now.

rachbc

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/10/pink-lady-cake/

this cake is yummy - the pink comes from strawberries not a bottle so it tastes of summer rather than e124

hemophobic

I just made a test cake and it came out a really weird bluey grey colour, so I tried again without egg yolks and the same thing. The problem is the butter making the batter too yellow.

Is there a white alternative I can use? Sorry I don't know muck about baking.