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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you make them from scratch without a fancy mixer?  I don't have a KitchenAid, and can't afford one right now.[/quote]

It's cake batter not bread dough, you need a wooden spoon & a mixing bowl.[/quote]

I think creaming butter and sugar is a bit hard with just a wooden spoon, so I often use my hand-held electric mixer--not necessary to have a fancy KitchenAid type mixer.[/quote]

You cream butter & sugar for cookies. [b]For a cake you melt the butter.[/b] Cake batter is more liquid, thus it's a batter, not a dough. Read the recipes, please, then decide what tools you need.

Have you ever used a box mix? You use vegetable oil. There is no creaming butter & sugar in making cakes from scratch.[/quote]

No. No no no no.  You never want to melt the butter unless your recipe specifically calls for it.  Creaming sounds complicated but it's easy.  For a long time I only had wooden spoons and a wire wisk for when I baked.  The trick is make sure your butter is soft before you start.  If you don't have time (or like me) didn't remember to take your butter out to soften ahead of time, you can always put it in the microwave for 5 to 10 second increments until it's soft enough that you can easily smoosh it with your finger.  Then you place in your mixing bowl, add your sugar and mix with a spoon until they are completely combined.

The only difference between using a stand mixer and a hand mixer is the stand up is faster (and you don't have to worry about putting a towel under the bowel to keep it from spinning).

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