Home- made Cake

I wanted to bake cake at home for a long time and I got the ocassion to make it. It is my husband's birthday today and would like to share my experience of baking cake at home for the first time. I was delighted to see the cake which came out like a cake bought from the bakery. As my husband does not like chocolate much,  I made Vanilla cake with buttercream topping.

Ingredients

All purpose flour flour/ Cake flour 1 cup                          

Sugar 1 cup
Baking powder 1 tsp

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Eggs 1-2
Salt 1/4 tsp

Directions - How to make

Cake mix

Combine all ingredients together. Beat them to form a thick batter adding little wateer. Whisk together for 2 minutes until the batter is creamy enough. Preheat the oven to 190 C (375 F) or Gas mark 5.

Grease the baking pan with butter. Pour the batter into it and bake in the centre of the oven for 10-12 minutes until the cake rises and becomes spongy. Take a fork and prick it over the cake to check if it is baked well. Take the pan out, invert it over the plate and let it cool. Once the cake is ready, next step is to decorate it with cream.

Topping mix

You can either buy the ready made mix or fresh cream or chocolate sauce to layer it over the cake. I got the ready buttercream topping mix. Empty the mix in a bowl. Add little warm water and 75 gm softened butter to the mix. Beat it well till its creamy. Pour the mixture evenly over the cake.

Finally decorate it with the decorating gel and sugar sprinkles. Vanilla cake with buttercream topping is ready.