Homemade Party Cakes

Valentine Cake for Hubby at Midnight

The Pirate Cake for Birthday Party

Barbie cake for a little doll

Strawberry Mousse Cake

Orange Cake








Black Forest Cake for My hubby's B'day




Black forest Party Cake

Black Forest Cake Recipe

Ingredients

1. 3 Eggs( use at room temperature and not straight out of the fridge)
2. 100 ml Oil
3. 100 ml Pepsi/Coca Cola
4. 1 Cup Flour
5. 2 tsp Baking Powder
6. 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder
7. 1 cup full fat whipping Cream
8. 1 Small can Tinned cherries
9. 1 cup powdered sugar
10. 1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Procedure

Preheat The oven to 170 degrees while you start preparing the cake.

1. Mix together flour baking powder and cocoa powder and sift them thorugh a sieve.

2. Beat the egg whites seperately till they are stiff and does not flow when you invert the bowl. While separating the eggs make sure no yellow part of the egg remains or the egg white will not beat well.

3. Mix the egg yolk and sugar well .

4. Now add egg yolk mixture and oil to the flour, cocoa powder mixture .

5. Slowly mix in the egg whites with a light hand .

6. Add the vanilla Essence and in the end mix in the Pepsi.

7. Oil the cake tin and line it with butter paper , pour the batter and bake it at 170 degree for 30-45 minutes.

You will need to check when it is done by inserting a wooden skewer or knife in the middle of the cake.

Once you see that the batter does not stick to tke knife take it out and let it cool.

After about 1/2 an hour to an hour , you can take it out.

Frosting/Decoration

1. Chill the cream in the freezer for 15 minutes to half an hour along with the bowls and whisk/beater that will be used to beat the cream.

2. Add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and beat the cream for 5-6 minutes with an electric beater or with a whisk for about 10-15 minutes till the cream doubles in volume and forms soft peaks.

You can keep an ice cube tray below the bowl to help the cream beat well.

3. Add a little vanilla essence to this icing.

1. Cut the cake into half and soak the cake with a few tablespoons of the cherry syrup from the tinned cherries on both halves of the cake .
2. Spread a generous coating of the whipped cream on the cake and add chopped /halved tinned cherries.
3. Put the other half back on the lower half of the cake and spread some more cherry syrup on the top layer of the cake and now spread a generous helping of the whipped cream .
4. If you have a icing bag you can make some stars as well.
5. Now decorate with cherries all over and sprinkle some chocolate flakes over the cake.
6. To make the chocolate flakes at home simply buy some chocolate bars. Freeze them well and then grate them using the grater /slicer section.

Writing Happy Birthday On a Birthday Cake.

1. In case you want to write Happy Birthday on the cake then take a few pices of chocolate and melt it in a small bowl in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add a little cream/ milk and mix and heat again to get the desired semi flowing consistency of the chocolate mixture to write over the cake..
3. If you have a piping bag , go ahead and write on the cake otherwise you can use a plastic bag and make a very small cut on one of the edges and then fold it to make it like a piping bag. Fill it up and try writing over a surface before you can go ahead and start writing on the cake.

Make your loved ones happy with your wonderful creations.

:-)

3 Minute Microwave Sponge Cake

Ingredients

3 Eggs
Salt to taste
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence
3/4 cup Flour (maida)

1 Teaspoon Baking powder
3 Tablespoon oil

1. Separate the egg whites and yolks.
2. Beat the egg whites using an electric beater or a whisk till they do not flow when you invert the bowl.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder together and mix it with the egg whites and sugar with a light hand.
4. Add 3 tablespoon oil and vanilla essence and mix lightly.
5. Smear a little oil in a microwave container and microwave high (850/900 watt) for 3 minutes.
6. It should be done but check using a knife for any uncooked batter and if so microwave for another 1/2 minute or till it is cooked well.
7. Leave to cool for a few minutes and invert it for use in Mousse cakes, pastries etc or just spread some lovely whipped cream along with cherries /Pineapple etc.

The first time I tried this I was soooooooooo happy to see that a cake can be done in just 3 minutes. Wow...... and it tastes just awesome.