Spring carrot cake

Ingridients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups canola oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups shredded carrots (2 to 3 carrots)
• 1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple, well-drained (1/2 cup) (i used canned fruit mix)
• 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans 
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F (177 C).

Mix oil and sugar

add egs..

in another bowl mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder...

Scatter the dry ingredients over the wet and mix

 

add carrot, sweetened flaked coconut, walnut, chocolate chips and canned fruit..

mix gently and pour into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes...

or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in the center of the cake  will come out clean

Ready! Enjoy

Note: You can put on the cake melted chocolate or icing.

Wrist watch cake

This is a Birthday cake for my husband.

There is a little description below how I've decorated it.

  3 days before the cake was ready, I made the 'wrist watch' and box sides (I used homemade fondant) and colored it using brown Wilton food coloring for wrist belt of watch, and CK products luster dust Super Gold for watch, and grey Wilton food coloring for box sides.

  

 I baked a Chocolate cake in rectangular shape, and cut it square shape,

To assemble: place one cake layer onto your serving plate. Spread with frosting (I used cacao whipped cream). Gently place the other cake onto the frosting and put the rest of rectangular cake piece of the cake over the square cake. Spread white frosting over the top of the cake.

 

put it to cool into refrigerator for 1-2 hours. After, take the "sides of the box" and stick it to the sides of your square cake. Refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes. While the cake in the refrigerator, roll the white homemade fondant (using the corn starch) as thin as you can. Take the cake out-of the refrigerator and cover the top of the cake with rolled fondant.  And put the ready and dried "wrist watch" onto the top.

Cake for Evan "Fiesta"

Cake : Pretend ice-cream cake
Fondant: Homemade dry-milk fondant

Uniform of Manchester United

This cake was baked and decorated for a soccer fan of MU (Manchester United).

I've tried my best to create a logo of MU but it was night time and I was little tired and sleepy.

But the cake was amazing! Owner of the cake was as happy as a clam at high tide :)

For a cake: as always i've used recipe of "Pretend Ice-cream cake"

Frosting: Heavy whipping cream+condensed milk 

"Water Lily Flower" cake

Cake batter : - "Pretend ice-cream Cake"
Frosting:        - "Heavy whipped cream with sugar"

Fondant:        - "Homemade dry-milk Fondant"

Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake Recipe:

• 1 cup (230 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 large lemon
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup lemon fresh juice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Lemon Frosting:

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar (sifted)
• 2-4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a non stick cooking spray, a 9 inch (23 cm) spring form pan and then line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.

Lemon cake:

beat the butter until light and fluffy and pale in color

beat in sugar...

mix well

Beat in the vanilla extract and the eggs, one at a time, 

mixing well after each addition.

Batter will look curdled

Add lemon zest.

Mix in the flour, baking powder, salt and lemon juice...

mixing until you have a smooth batter. 

Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon or an offset spatula. 

Bake about 40 - 50 minutes,

or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Place on a wire rack to cool for about 15 minutes, then gently remove the sides and bottom of the pan.

Lemon frosting:

Place the sifted confectioners sugar in a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice

and stir until you have a thick and smooth glaze. Add more lemon juice or powdered sugar, as needed.

Pour the frosting over the top of the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides.

Enjoy!!!

Original recipe

Chocolate Honey Cake

For the Chocolate Custard Cream: 

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 3 tablespoons cacao 
• 1 stick unsalted butter

For the cake batter:

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons cacao
• 4 cups all purpose flour

Chocolate glaze :

• Chocolate chips 1 cup
• 2 tablespoons corn oil

First prepare the Custard Cream

In a heavy bottom saucepan, mix eggs, sugar and flour

Pour the cold milk and bring the mixture to a boil, whisking occasionally.

Whisk vigorously until the sauce is smooth.
Reduce the heat to a gentle and cook 3-4 minutes whisking constantly.

 Take the pan off the oven. Add cacao wile the sauce is hot

Mix well, cover and set aside

For the batter:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line the 15x10 baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a stove top save mixing bow mix the eggs and the sugar

Add honey, butter and baking powder and ..

in a low heat mix all together while the butter melted and mixture starts bubbling.

 Take off the stove top the mixture and add cacao

Mix well

Add flour. It will be sticky dough

On floured table divide the dough into 6 peaces 
(If you want you can divide into more peaces, I divided into 6 and after baking I cut each one in half. In fact there were 12 layers)

Roll each peace rectangular shape  (15x10 inch)

Bake each rolled dough 6 minutes

Add the room temperature butter and vanilla to the Custard Cream

Mix with mixer

Cream each layer with Chocolate Custard Cream

melt the chocolate chips and corn oil using water bath and glaze the top and sides of the  cake

Freeze for 15-20 minutes.

After 15-20 minutes cake ready to eat.
Enjoy!!!

Note: If you want the cake to be moist and soft, keep the cake in room temperature for an hour.
The rest of the cake keep covered and refrigerated.