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Posts for April 30th 2012
Moist Yellow Cake
This recipe calls for three eight-inch cake pans, but I used two seven-inch pans and had leftover batter for cupcakes.
Adapted from Bakerella
Moist Yellow Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
2 sticks of butter, room temperature
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
3 cups of self-rising flour, sifted
1 cup of whole milk, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring
For the frosting:
2 sticks butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 pound powdered sugar
1 to 3 teaspoons milk, half and half, or cream
Icing colors
Directions
- For the cake: Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Grease and flour 3 8-inch cake pans.
- Using a mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar and continue to cream for about 7 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each egg is added.
- Alternate adding flour and milk to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
- Add vanilla and butter flavoring to mix, until just mixed.
- Divide batter equally into 3 cake pans.
- Hold each layer about 3 inches above your counter and carefully drop the pans flat onto counter several times to ensure release of any air bubbles. This will help you have a more level cake.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes (depending on your oven) until done.
- Cool in pans for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and immediately wrap each layer in plastic wrap to seal in moisture. Cool completely on wire racks.
- Once cooled, you are ready to assemble your cake.
- For the frosting: Using a mixer, cream softened butter and vanilla until smooth.
- Add sugar gradually, allowing butter and sugar to cream together before adding more.
- If you want your frosting a little creamier, add a teaspoon of milk at a time and beat on high until you get the right texture.
- Use icing colors to tint the frosting the color of your choice.
Makes 1 cake.
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We Like to Take Photos of Our Food. Don't You?

Here at YumSugar, we're loving Instagram, the iPhone app that allows us to take, edit, and share our camera phone pictures. Any opportunity for us to take pictures of what we're eating (or drinking as the case may be) and share it is A-okay with us. The only downfall to Instagram that we can find is that we end up drooling all day over delicious food photos that other people post. Come find us — our username is heyyumsugar — and check out what's yummy in our lives lately, and catch a glimpse at some behind the scenes Sugar action.
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How to Select Glassware For Your Registry

We've plated up some tips on selecting dinnerware for your wedding registry, but what about cocktail hour? Whether you prefer cocktails, wine, beer, or juicing, glassware is an important category to fill in your registry. Sure, you can go with the selection that your registry consultant recommends, but each couple has individual libation habits that don't always fit the standard mold. Thankfully, it's easy to concoct your ideal blend of glasses so long as you keep a few tips and considerations in mind. Ready to drink up? Just read on.
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- Cocktails for Cinco de Mayo — Delish
- Maple-cardamom-glazed salmon . . . yum! — Food52
- The truth about Costco's food and booze — HuffPost Food
- 10 gourmet kids meals from across the country — Zagat
- Food pilgrimages you must make this Summer — Grub Street NY
- The many ways to cook with chicken thighs — Saveur
- Is Jamie Oliver the richest chef in the world? — Eater

- The world's coolest Starbucks stores — The Daily Meal
- Cocktails for Cinco de Mayo — Delish
- Maple-cardamom-glazed salmon . . . yum! — Food52
- The truth about Costco's food and booze — HuffPost Food
- 10 gourmet kids meals from across the country — Zagat
- Food pilgrimages you must make this Summer — Grub Street NY
- The many ways to cook with chicken thighs — Saveur
- Is Jamie Oliver the richest chef in the world? — Eater
Let's Dish: How Would You Serve Drinks at Your Wedding?

Weddings are known for a few things: photos, tears, smiles, dancing, and lots of booze. I've been to my fair share of weddings with a full bar, but many people opt to serve just beer and wine. Both have their benefits and drawbacks (as well as significantly different price points). There's also the option to serve a signature cocktail for the evening, which can be a fun, creative part of a wedding. So we want to know what you think. How did you serve drinks at your wedding? If you haven't tied the knot yet, do you have a preference at weddings?
Source: Flickr User Asiatic League
What You're Eating For Breakfast
Breakfast sure seems to be a popular subject, especially on Instagram. We were thrilled by how many of you shared your delicious and (mostly) nutritious breakfasts with us for our last photo challenge. We selected five that made us crave breakfast foods all day long! Click through to get hungry.
Savory Sight: Burrata and a Light Lunch
Monica Bennett proves once again that the most incredible meals can come from ingredients prepared very simply.

If you have not had the opportunity to try burrata, I warn you, this cheese is utterly amazing and completely addicting. I served it alongside crusty multigrain bread, topped with prosciutto, tomatoes, feta cheese, and watercress. Believe me when I say that this combination of flavors was pure perfection!
For more incredible photos, plus more on her romance with burrata, visit her blog. Share your own revelatory experiences with food in our YumSugar community.

