Need a birthday cake recipie

_BCC
_BCC Posts: 14
edited November 14 in Introduce Yourself
Any flavour, for birthday. Buttercream or fondant recipie is a bonus. I want moist (but strong to layer and decorate), and SUPER delicious... Oh and healthy x)

Thank you for everyone who puts in a serious, tested, and true recipie!!

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  • dawnna76
    dawnna76 Posts: 987 Member
    CAKE AND HEALTHY DONT GO TOGETHER. just enjoy the cake!


    Ingredients
    •1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
    •½ cup vegetable shortening
    •3 cups granulated sugar
    •5 eggs, room temperature
    •3 cups all-purpose flour
    •2 teaspoons baking powder
    •¼ teaspoon salt
    •½ cup whole milk, room temperature
    •½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
    •2 teaspoons vanilla extract



    Instructions
    1.Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare three 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray or coated well with shortening or butter and floured, taking care to remove all excess flour.
    2.Cream together butter and shortening until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Slowly add sugar one cup at a time, making sure to fully incorporate each cup before adding another. Add eggs one at a time, making sure to fully incorporate each egg before adding another.
    3.Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour milks and vanilla into measuring cup and whisk together with a fork. Add to butter and shortening mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
    4.Gently stir all ingredients until well combined. Stop mixer and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl, making sure to have all ingredients mixed well.
    5.Evenly distribute cake batter between cake pans and place pans into oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and allow to cool slightly in cake pans for about 5 minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack.
    6.Frost cake as desired.



    Notes

    - This recipe makes approximately 24 cupcakes when cupcake tin is filled more than ¾ full. When filled ½ full, this recipe makes approximately 36 cupcakes. Bake approximately 18 minutes.
    - If you preferred the original white cake recipe, it used ½ teaspoon baking powder and 1 cup buttermilk with no whole milk.
    - If you live in a high altitude environment, you'll need to make sure to follow recommended baking adjustments for your altitude.
  • dawnna76
    dawnna76 Posts: 987 Member
    edited March 2015
    Ingredients for chocoalte ganache frosting (I like dark chocoalate)
    •8 oz (240ml) heavy cream
    •1 tbls butter (optional but makes it stay really shiny even after refrigerating)
    •1 oz sugar
    •16 oz (340 g)chocolate

    •
    Footnote

    •White chocolate use nearly double the chocolate to cream



    Instructions
    Break chocolate into 1/2 oz pieces or use chips and place in stainless steel bowl
    1.Heat cream, butter and sugar. Pour over chocolate and let stand 5 minutes. Stir from center out until smooth. let set over night or refridgerate 1 hour at least till thick spreadable consistancy
  • dawnna76
    dawnna76 Posts: 987 Member
    marshmallow fondant


    grease microwaveable dish with crisco well
    16oz marshmallows
    2tbls water

    microwave 30 seconds mixing between untill all melted

    add 2tbsp corn syrup
    1 tsp vanilla
    1/4 tsp salt

    mix in 1lb powdered sugar

    pour out onto well greased surface and knead in 1 more pound powdered sugar.

    this make a great fondand for covering cakes you will need to add gum-tex tylose powder if using to make decorations or molds.
  • _BCC
    _BCC Posts: 14
    Thanks so much !
  • hnsaunde
    hnsaunde Posts: 757 Member
    I have two:

    This one is currently sitting in my fridge at home, and I'll be baking another on Monday for a St. Paddy's day celebration on Tuesday.

    http://loveswah.com/2013/03/dark-chocolate-guinness-cake-with-baileys-cream-cheese-icing/

    This one I made 2 weeks ago for a friends wedding. The only thing I wasn't super fond of was the chocolate frosting was so thick, it was hard to spread the frosting around, but it was my first time making it, so I easily could have done something wrong.

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/extreme-chocolate-cake/detail.aspx

    Both tasted equally delicious :)
  • Eliz_99
    Eliz_99 Posts: 85 Member
    125g room-temperature butter
    200g caster sugar
    3 large eggs
    250g plain flour
    1 1/2 tsp baking powder
    1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
    small pinch salt
    200ml buttermilk
    1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

    Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Grease and line 2 x 20cm cake tins.
    Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate and salt together. Mix the buttermilk and vanilla.
    Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a little of the flour with the last one.
    Gradually add the rest of the flour with the buttermilk, one after the other, until thoroughly mixed.
    Pour into the tins and bake for about 30 minutes or until well risen and pale golden brown. Loosen the sides of
    the cake with a round-bladed knife and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

    I usually put jam and buttercream in the middle, top and sides then buy ready to roll fondant to put on top.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6652/naughty-chocolate-fudge-cake

    My husband has made this before and it's yummy.
  • AndyCool22
    AndyCool22 Posts: 131 Member
    i will also say that the directions on the side of the cake box to substitute applesauce for eggs or oil has worked fine for me to make it healthier.
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