Cake recipes for an 8" pan

[JoAnn L.]

I would like to make a small homemade cake, using either an 8" round or square cake pan. Do you have a favorite recipe you would share with me? Thanks.

 

[FryBoy]

Banana Coffee Cake With Chocolate Chip Streusel

This is good.

BANANA COFFEE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP STREUSEL​

1¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips (about 8 ounces)
2/3 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1½ cups all purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup sugar
1 large egg
3 tablespoons buttermilk
1 1/3 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 large bananas, very ripe with black spots on the skin)​

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.​

2. Butter and flour 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan.​

3. Stir chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in small bowl until well blended; set streusel aside.​

4. Sift all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl.​

5. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, room temperature butter, and egg in large bowl until fluffy.​

6. Beat in mashed bananas and buttermilk.​

7. Add dry ingredients and blend well.​

8. Spread half of batter (about 2 cups) in prepared baking pan.​

9. Sprinkle with half of streusel.​

10. Repeat with remaining batter and streusel.​

11. Bake coffee cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.​

12. Cool coffee cake in pan on rack.​

Makes 12 servings.​

 

[auzzi]

Note:
The volume capacity of 8-inch square [2" deep] is the same as the volume capacity of 9-inch round [2" deep] cake pan. The volume capacity of 8-inch round [2" deep] is smaller, of course, than either.

Whipped Cream Cake
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
1 Sift and measure flour. Add salt and baking powder, and sift again.
2 Whip the cream until stiff. Drop in eggs one at a time, and beat until light and fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla, and beat again. Add sifted ingredients gradually to mixture; beat well after each addition. Pour batter into greased 9 inch round pan.
3 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes.

 

[FryBoy]

Note: The volume capacity of 8-inch square [2" deep] is the same as the volume capacity of 9-inch round [2" deep] cake pan. The volume capacity of 8-inch round [2" deep] is smaller, of course, than either.

That's just not correct! The volume of an 8" X 8" X 2" pan is 128 cubic inches, but a 9-inch round pan that's 2 inches deep holds only 127.234395 cubic inches! Do the math!