Baking A Cake

Ok, so are you ready to learn how to bake a cake?

好了，你准备好学怎么做蛋糕了吗？

Almost, let me just put my apron on.

快了，我先把围裙系上。

Ok, so the first thing we are going to do is preheat the oven, that way we have it at the desired temperature once we finish preparing everything. Set it to three hundred and seventy five degrees Fahrenheit.

好的，第一步我们先预热烤箱，这样我们把所有东西准备好后，烤箱就达到想要的温度了。调到375华氏度。

Got it.

明白。

No we are gonna make the batter. Take some butter and sugar and mix it lightly until you have a nice consistency. Then add some vanilla extract and eggs and continue mixing.

现在我们来做面糊。取一些黄油和糖，轻轻搅拌到顺滑。然后加入香草精和鸡蛋，继续搅拌。

Do I have to use a whisk or can I use the electric mixer?

我必须要用打蛋器还是可以用电动搅拌器？

Go ahead and use the mixer, but put it on medium speed. I’m gonna sift the flour and baking powder separately and then we can mix it with milk and the rest of the ingredients.

用搅拌器吧，但调到中速。我来把面粉和泡打粉单独筛一下，然后我们可以和牛奶及其他材料一起混合。

Ok, so now we need a baking pan right?

好，那我们现在需要烤盘对吧？

Yeah, but grease and flour it first so the cake won’t stick to it when it bakes.

对，但是先涂油撒粉，这样蛋糕烤的时候就不会粘在上面。

Done. So how long do we bake it for?

好了。那要烤多久？

We can leave it in there for about twenty five minutes. Then we let it cool for ten minutes before we remove the cake from the pan.

我们可以烤25分钟左右。然后让它冷却10分钟，再把蛋糕从烤盘里取出来。

Wow! This was a lot easier than I thought!

哇！这比我想象的容易多了！