Simple and Special Cake for Your Baby"s First Birthday Ever
A year or so ago, we had a bridal shower for my cousin and the complicated chocolate cake recipe I used was a huge success; then came the wedding itself.
A few months after that there was a baby shower and everyone was either excited or green with envy.
After all the Baby is the ultimate blessing for a couple united in the sacrament of holy matrimony.
Of course, not everyone goes through these steps in that order.
In any case, the precedence of events does not necessarily take away from the importance of a first birthday.
The First Birthday Cake Recipes I shared with my cousin was simple enough to follow.
I'd like to share it with you, too.
Ingredients: - Cake flour, 2 cups measured - Granulated sugar, 1 cup - Cocoa or chocolate powder, 1/4 cup - Baking powder, 1 teaspoon - Fine white salt, 1/2 teaspoon - 1 whole egg - Instant decaffeinated coffee, 1 teaspoon - Vegetable oil, 6 tablespoons - Vanilla flavor extract, 1 teaspoon - 1 cup cold water Method: - You need to pre-heat a standard oven to 350°F .
- Thinly brush canola oil or spray oil on a 9-inch round baking pan.
- Sift together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix the batter by hand until evenly blended - Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Cool the cake before removing from the pan to a wire rack.
Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients: - 1 cup of cream cheese - 1/3 cup butter, not melted - 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1 cup confectioners' sugar (sifted) - food dye for the trim Method: - Beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer while adding butter until smooth.
- Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar.
- Add the sour cream and vanilla extract and continue beating under medium speed.
- Set aside about 1/2 cup of frosting for pipe trimmings.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cake.
- Add food coloring (a tiny half drop of blue or green for boys and pink or yellow for girls is suggested) to the remaining 1/2 cup of frosting.
- Scoop frosting into a pastry bag and trim the top or bottom edge of the cake.
- Chill for about 10 minutes before proceeding to decorate.
Have fun decorating the cake, but let's not leave out the candle, okay?
A few months after that there was a baby shower and everyone was either excited or green with envy.
After all the Baby is the ultimate blessing for a couple united in the sacrament of holy matrimony.
Of course, not everyone goes through these steps in that order.
In any case, the precedence of events does not necessarily take away from the importance of a first birthday.
The First Birthday Cake Recipes I shared with my cousin was simple enough to follow.
I'd like to share it with you, too.
Ingredients: - Cake flour, 2 cups measured - Granulated sugar, 1 cup - Cocoa or chocolate powder, 1/4 cup - Baking powder, 1 teaspoon - Fine white salt, 1/2 teaspoon - 1 whole egg - Instant decaffeinated coffee, 1 teaspoon - Vegetable oil, 6 tablespoons - Vanilla flavor extract, 1 teaspoon - 1 cup cold water Method: - You need to pre-heat a standard oven to 350°F .
- Thinly brush canola oil or spray oil on a 9-inch round baking pan.
- Sift together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix the batter by hand until evenly blended - Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Cool the cake before removing from the pan to a wire rack.
Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients: - 1 cup of cream cheese - 1/3 cup butter, not melted - 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1 cup confectioners' sugar (sifted) - food dye for the trim Method: - Beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer while adding butter until smooth.
- Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar.
- Add the sour cream and vanilla extract and continue beating under medium speed.
- Set aside about 1/2 cup of frosting for pipe trimmings.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cake.
- Add food coloring (a tiny half drop of blue or green for boys and pink or yellow for girls is suggested) to the remaining 1/2 cup of frosting.
- Scoop frosting into a pastry bag and trim the top or bottom edge of the cake.
- Chill for about 10 minutes before proceeding to decorate.
Have fun decorating the cake, but let's not leave out the candle, okay?
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