Golden Vanilla Cake

I couldn't bake any better with vanilla than this extremely.moist,.supple and gorgeously yummy cake. The one you can never say no.You must have tried numerous vanilla cakes with so many variations,but not this!

You need:

Eggs 3
Cake flour 2 cups
Baking powder 2 teaspoon
Soda 1 teaspoon
Oil 1/2 cup
salt 1/4 teaspoon
Vanilla extract 2 teaspoon
Water 1 cup
Castor sugar 2 cups
Melted butter 1/2 cup

Steps:
Grease cake pan , I took a 21 cm square pan.
Beat butter and sugar for a while until well combined. Add egg one at a time while keep beating. Pour oil gradually into the batter while continuously beating it. Ad fold vanilla extract and salt as well. Beat until well combined.

Now sift the dry ingredients together and after making a well in between, gradually fold the egg mixture on to the well. Fold lightly with soft hands. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35-40 minutes, or until your skewer comes out clean. 

After waiting, you will be having the gorgeous tempting golden vanilla cake! 
enjoy and provide me with your comments!

Crunch Top Cake

How about a crunchy top for a deliciously moist and supple cake? That just melts in your mouth with sweet crunchy pleasure....any guesses? ;) 

You need to have these for a better idea :) 

200 gm butter softened

200 gm castor sugar 

3 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda

200 gm white flour

1 tsp orange/lemon  zest

Crunchy Top:

100 gm sugar granulated

90 gm butter melted

Steps:

First, beat butter with sugar until fluffy. Add one egg at a time and keep beating. Add salt and zest. 

Sift dry ingredients together in large bowl and pour over the egg and butter mixture in two lots altering with milk. Fold lightly and pour the batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for about 30 minutes in a preheated moderate oven.

In the meanwhile, mix the granulated sugar with melted butter and pout this over hot cake. This will get absorbed by the cake and leave behind a crunchy top. 

Simple... but heavenly yummy...

Sand Cake

Today we had a rainy everning here and the romantic weather craved for something light and sweet along with coffee. I immediately decided to bake this smooth sand cake. As its name calls, its texture is slightly on the grainy and puffy side in comparision to the normal butter cakes we have. That is why its delight is also different and lovely.

I took..

200 gms self-raising flour

3 eggs

Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon

1 tablespoon cornflour

1 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup milk

150 gms butter

Method:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celcius.

Beat butter with sugar until nice and smooth texture. Beat in eggs one by one. Add vanilla essence and beat nicely.

Sift dry ingredients together and fold into the butter and egg mixture. Fold in milk gradually.

Pour into the prepapred pan and bake for about 30-35 minutes.

Super Moist Fig Cake

Well, if you are fruit lover and enjoy moist supple sweetness of fruits in desserts, then this is for you. I personally loves fig and dates in baking recipes, although figs are not as sweet as dates, but there crunch delight takes over very well in so many ways its been cooked. This recipe turned out to be so good and very moist and soft that it just melts aways in your mouth leaving behind just traces of a beautiful dessert :)

Things you will need:

100 gms butter

1 cup castor sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

2 egg

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chopped fresh figs

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cups chopped fresh figs

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Method:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celcius. Grease the cake pan and set aside.

Sift together the dry ingredients together. Beat butter with castor sugar and brown sugar until creamy, add eggs one by one. Add lemon juice and zest along with vanilla extract. Add salt and beat.

Fold in dry ingredients and then with figs. Add water gradually. Fold lightly with wooden spoon until well combined. Transfer mix to the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes or your skewer comes out clean.

Enjoy with whipped cream!

Caramel Date Cake

Dates are tend to be a royal fruit with rich in sweetness and a great source of energy without doubts! Its versatile when doing desserts with it . I love it in baking and last i tried it with caramel basic butter cake. I hope you will enjoy


Ingredients:

Flour 1 1/2 cups
Eggs 2
Butter 130 gm
Brown sugar 1 cup
Milk 2/3 milk
Honey 1 tbsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Dates 300gms (seeded and soaked in warm water for about 20 minutes & drained)



Steps:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees C.

Beat butter with sugar until creamy. Add eggs one by one and beat well until combined. Sift dry ingredients together and add in the butter mixture gradually in two lots alternate with milk. Fold nicely and lightly with a wooden spoon. Add honey and fold. Finally add drained and chopped dates covered with a little flour so that they don't stick to the bottom oof your pan.

Pour cake mixture into prepared cake pan, 21cm round one.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until your skewer comes out clean.

You can frost the cake with caramel butter icing or fresh whipped cream if you like!

Honey Cake

Honey is the symbol of something' good' coming your way. A sign of positivity. So does its sweetness brings in all recipes! :) Not all honey cakes are the perfect one all the time. After a number of trials i came across this one.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup honey

180 gms butter softened

1/4 cup freshly brewed strong coffee, cooled

2 large eggs

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Oil loaf pan well and dust with flour, knocking out excess.

Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, in a small bowl. Whisk together honey, butter, and coffee in another bowl until well combined.

Beat together eggs and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low, then add honey mixture and whiskey and mix until blended, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. Finish mixing batter with a rubber spatula, scraping bottom of bowl.

Pour batter into loaf pan (batter will be thin) and bake 30 minutes. Cover top loosely with foil and continue to bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes more. Cool on a rack 1 hour.

Run a knife around side of cake, then invert rack over pan and invert cake onto rack. Turn cake right side up and cool completely.

Voila!

 

Cake Pops

It has quite simple recipe and ingredients as well. Its best made with a cake mix, you can bake the cake yourself i f you like. I used cake mix.

Ingredients:

-340gm chocolate cake mix
-Creamy chocolate forsting
-Sprinkles/decorations
-Dark chocolate 250 gms
-Sticks

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line the base of a 20cm round (base measurement) cake pan with baking paper.
   
2. Make the chocolate cake following packet directions. Spoon into the prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
   
3. Use a serrated knife to trim the crusts of the cake. Break the cake into small pieces and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Process until fine crumbs form. Transfer to a bowl. Add the frosting and combine.
   
4. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Roll tablespoonsful of cake mixture into balls and place on the lined tray. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour or until firm.
   
5. Dip the end of 1 lollypop stick in chocolate then insert into a cake ball. Return to the tray. Repeat with remaining cake balls.
6. Dip 1 cake ball into the melted chocolate, turning to coat. Gently tap on the side of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Set aside for 30 minutes or until chocolate is completely set.

Coffee Cake

 

 

This is a simple and easy recipe of coffee cake. Simply happiness!  

 

• Ingredients:

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR THE TOPPING:

Preparation:

Topping. In small mixing bowl, combine topping ingredients. Blend with fork until crumbly. Set aside.

Sift  sifted flour with baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a medium bowl, beat together egg and  sugar and melted butter. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix well.

 

Pour batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square or 9-inch layer-cake pan. Sprinkle topping crumb mixture evenly over batter. Bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Partially cool in pan on wire rack. Cut coffee cake into squares while still warm.

• 1-1/2 stick Butter, Softened
• 3/4 cups Flour
• 1-1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
• 1-1/2 cup walnuts, Chopped