Birthday Cake Recipes

Including a cake is an excellent way to celebrate and liven up a birthday, holiday, or any other special occasion. Serving a slice of cake can be the perfect way to end a fantastic and scrumptious meal. But for some people, preparing that inviting cake can be a complicated and a time consuming process. However, deem yourself lucky, as we have listed below recipes that are easy to make and less messy, of course. To add on, the recipes mentioned herein are totally healthy and less-fattening, thereby allowing you to scoop out an extra slice without worrying about those extra calories flooded in. So, why fear about increasing your calorie count and those extra pounds when you have a party in your house next time? Take a look at these sumptuous and gorgeous birthday cake recipes and make your party a great hit. Time to blow out candles without any of those dietary restrictions advised by your dietician!

Easy Birthday Cake Recipes

Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients

2½ cups Self-rising Flour
1½ cups White Sugar
1 cup Vegetable Oil
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp distilled White Vinegar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs
1 cup Buttermilk
2 oz Red Food Coloring
1 (8 oz) package Cream Cheese (softened)
½ cup Butter (softened)
4 cups Confectioners' Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
½ cup Pecans (chopped)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Grease 3 8-inch round pans and dust them flour.
Combine sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl. Whisk to blend all the contents well.
Add red food coloring and white vinegar to buttermilk. Mix well and set aside.
Mix baking soda with flour.
Add flour mixture to buttermilk mix alternating with sugar mixture. Stir well.
Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract to the batter and stir gently.
Transfer the batter into the prepared pans.
Bake for 10-15 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove the prepared cakes from oven and then keep them on wire racks for cooling.
Prepare the frosting by mixing cream cheese, butter, confectioners’ sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla together.
Add in the pecans and mix well.
Spread the frosting over the cooled cakes.
The red velvet cake is ready to be gorged upon!

Applesauce and Banana Cake

Ingredients

6 medium-sized ripe Bananas (mashed)
1 tbsp Wheat Germ
8 oz Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
¼-½ cup Soy Milk
1 cup Sugar-free Applesauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 °F.
Mix baking soda, wheat germ, and flour in a small mixing bowl.
Combine soy milk, banana, and applesauce in another mixing bowl. Stir well.
Pour the applesauce mixture to the flour mixture. Blend thoroughly until you get a smooth batter.
Transfer the batter into a greased baking pan.
Bake the batter for 90 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack completely.
Decorate with your preferred frosting.

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake

2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 tsp Baking Soda
¼ tsp Salt
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 cup cold strong Brewed Coffee
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

For the Frosting

1¼ cups Confectioners' Sugar
2/3 cup Cocoa Powder
3 tbsp unsalted Butter (at room temperature)
1/3 cup Heavy Cream
½ tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Butter a 13'x9 inch baking pan lightly.
Dust the pan with flour and tap off the excess flour.
Sift together flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium mixing bowl.
Make a well in the center of the bowl.
Take another bowl and combine together mayonnaise, coffee, and vanilla. Whisk them to get a smooth mixture.
Add the mayo mixture into the well created.
Blend the mixture with an electric mixer on low speed till you get a smooth batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top.
Bake the batter for about 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove and transfer the cake onto a wire rack. Let it cool completely.
To prepare the frosting, sift together confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder on a piece of waxed paper.
Smooth out the butter by beating it with an electric mixer on low speed.
Using the waxed paper as a funnel, add the sugar-cocoa mixture into the butter, alternating with heavy cream.
Beat the mixture till you get a smooth mixture.
Stir in the vanilla.
Spread the frosting over the cake top.
Slice the cake into squares and serve.

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