Basic Yellow Cake

I found this recipe on Allrecipes and it is great and amazingly versitile. The first four ingredients are basically what is in the commercial box cake mix (or at least the basics of it, none of the unpronounceable stuff :P)that you would buy at the store for a white or yellow cake. You can then experiment with the remaining ingredients however you like to create your perfect cake. For my first try with this recipe I made a basic yellow cake.

2 1/3 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350. Mix together the first group of ingredients then mix in the second group of ingredients. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Bake 30 minutes or so, until a fork (or toothpick) inserted comes out clean.

I haven't tried these variations myself, but they came with the recipe.

To make this recipe into a chocolate cake, add 1/4 cup of cocoa powder to the dry ingredients.

For a white cake, omit the two eggs,and instead beat three egg whites on the side and then gently fold them into the cake at the very end, just before you pour the batter into the pan.