Hi Jolette, a good cake recipe will give you guidance in the form of visual cues that the batter is sufficiently mixed, as well as offering some indication of timing/speed for the mixing process. Our cake guide offers some great tips, as well as outlining different cake mixing methods. This blog post further illustrates these methods, and the blog post you commented on earlier is also a great resource when it comes to avoiding over-mixing. This article on creaming butter and sugar will give you more insight on this stage, and how to avoid over-creaming. I hope this helps! Because cake recipes and methods can be quite different, it's hard to give you a one size fits all answer. 

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