How many times we think of making someone feel special on their birthdays or anniversaries with a personalized touch. The easiest and simplest way to do that is to bake a cake for them. Why spend time and money going to a bakery shop when you can do it on your own? Here are some of the best short-cut recipes for some delicious cakes.
Chocolate Cake: Well, this one is really easy.
- Take a cup of all purpose flour and equal amount of powdered sugar.
- Sieve the two properly in a bowl, add 2 spoons of cocoa / chocolate powder, 2 pinches of baking powder and mix them thoroughly.
- Take another bowl and smash 3 eggs in the same, beat it properly till the time it becomes an extremely light foamy syrup, then add 3/4th cup of refined vegetable oil to the same and a 2 spoons of vanilla essence. Keep beating to ensure proper uniform mixture.
- Add the flour mixture to the eggs.
- You can use a hand blender to mix the 2 components completely.
- Coat a microwave safe glass utensil with vegetable oil and sprinkle all purpose flour on the same evenly.
- Pour the mixture into the utensil uniformly and spread some flour coated cashew nuts or almonds over the same.
- Insert the utensil into the microwave and set the timer for just 4 minutes and your cake is ready.
Strawberry Cake: Truly a visual delight!!!!
- Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F. Take a cake pan, butter the same, line it with parchment paper and sprinkle flour over it.
- Take a bowl, add 1 cup of all purpose flour, 3/4th cup of powdered sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, whisk these and add butter, 1 egg, ½ cup milk and vanilla extract.
- Put the batter inside the oven and cook for about 25 minutes.
- Once baked, take the cake out of the pan by turning upside down and leave aside to cool down.
- Take some strawberries, slice them and coat them with powdered sugar.
- Whip some fresh cream with granulated sugar and vanilla extracts and refrigerate it to settle down properly.
- Once your cake cools down, cut it down into 2-3 layers and uniformly arrange the sweetened cream and sliced strawberries onto every layer.
- Pile up these layers one upon another to make your perfect strawberry cake.
Pineapple Cake: Unique texture and flavours
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.
- Take 2/3rd cup of brown sugar and sprinkle it even over 2 round cake pans and place a layer of butter above the sprinkled sugar.
- Place the pineapple slices in a single layer over the sugar coating with a cherry in the centre of each slice for each pan.
- Separately prepare a mixture of cake mix, 1cup water, 1/4th cup oil and 3 eggs and whisk them uniformly.
- Equally divide the batter between the two pans and bake for 30 to 33 minutes.
- Allow the cakes to cool down and invert them on separate plates.
- Place one cake above the other in a reverse manner to give it a same-to-same upside down look.
Feel like sharing these yummy delicacies with your distant relatives, as well? You have multiple options available as these cakes last a long time without getting pungent. So, delight your closed ones staying out of town or overseas. Send cake by post in UK, US, etc. with the help of quick online services.