Have you guys checked out Martha Stewart recipes? You really cannot go wrong. I used her recipe for the red velvet cupcakes and it tasted amazing.
For a plain cake, I would use this recipe:
Yield Makes one 9-inch-cake
Ingredients:
Unsalted butter, for pan
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
1/2 cup cornstarch
4 large eggs, separated
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch-square baking pan. Line pan with parchment paper, and butter again. Flour the pan, and set aside. In a small bowl, sift together flour and cornstarch; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg yolks, vanilla, and 1/2 cup sugar on high speed until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. Transfer the egg-yolk mixture to a large bowl. Wash and dry the mixer bowl and the whisk attachment.
Combine egg whites and salt in the mixer bowl, and beat on medium speed until whites hold soft peaks, about 1 1/2 minutes. With mixer running, slowly add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Continue beating until stiff and glossy, about 1 minute.
Fold the egg-white mixture into the egg-yolk mixture. In three additions, fold the reserved flour mixture into this new mixture. Transfer the batter to prepared pan, and smooth the top with an offset spatula. Bake until a cake tester inserted into middle comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool; turn out cake, and wrap it in plastic wrap until ready to use.
This is my go to recipe, v simple, and yumm, I make this with dark chocolate, you can omit chocolate if you want to, this recipe make a moist slightly dense cake, you can add 1/4 cup flour to this recipe to get a bit drier version. This is an awesome and adaptable recipe. Hope you like it.
banana chocolate chip cake
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2-3 very ripe bananas, about 1 1/4 lbs.,peeled and mashed
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
1 Preheat oven to 350 F.
2 Coat 9" square pan with cooking spray; flour lightly.
3 Combine flour,sugar,soda and salt.
4 In a second bowl mash bananas; stir in oil and eggs until just combined.
5 Mix dry ingredients into banana mixture.
6 Stir in chips.
7 Pour batter into pan.
8 Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.