Homemade Birthday Cakes

Birthdays are always very special occasions in a person’s life and this is the perfect occasion to make him/her feel out of the ordinary to let the person know how much s/he is loved. Homemade birthday cakes are great ways to bring a personal touch to anyone’s birthday. If you love to bake, surprise the person with your very own homemade cake on his/her birthday. Homemade cakes are always better alternatives to bakery cakes. A homemade cake can be delicious, and you can decorate it as you wish, plus it will also help you save some money. If you are creative, you can decorate a birthday cake in any number of ways you wish. If you are baking a birthday cake for your kid, you can use candy sprinkles or chocolate shavings with chopped nuts. If you want to keep it simple, decorate it with colorful candles. You can also add a layer of fruit jelly to make your homemade cake more appealing. If you wish to surprise your loved one with a homemade birthday cake, then here are two very interesting cake recipes for you to think about.

Homemade Birthday Cake Recipes

Humming Bird Cake

• 4 cups Flour
• 3 cups Sugar
• 11/2 tbsp baking Soda
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Nutmeg
• 3 cups Bananas (chopped)
• 1 ½ cups Nuts (lightly toasted and finely minced)
• 2 cups Vegetable oil
• 3 Eggs (slightly beaten)
• 1- 8 ounce can Pineapple (crushed and undrained)
• 1 can Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Take a Bundt pan and grease it.
• Take a large mixing bowl and add all the ingredients, except the frosting. Take a wire whisk and beat all the ingredients thoroughly to make a smooth batter. Make sure no lumps are formed.
• Pour the whole batter into the pan.
• Bake the cake for one hour or until done.
• Allow it to cool for 30 minutes by placing it on a rack.
• Decorate it with proper icing. You may even mix food coloring with the icing to make the cake more attractive and colorful.

German Chocolate Cake

• 3 cups Flour
• 1 tbsp baking Soda
• 1/3 tbsp Salt
• 5 ounces German Chocolate
• 1 cup Butter
• 2 cups Sugar
• 4 Eggs (slightly beaten)
• 1 tbsp Vanilla essence
• 1 ½ cup Buttermilk
• Coconut Pecan Frosting

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a round cake pan.
• Take a large mixing bowl, and add flour, baking soda, and salt to it.
• Melt chocolate and butter in the microwave for three minutes. Alternatively, you can also melt it using a pan on the stove.
• Scrape chocolate in a mixing bowl and add sugar to it.
• Combine eggs to it. Blend it all together to make a smooth batter.
• Add a few drops of vanilla essence.
• Add the flour.
• Mix all the ingredients to make a smooth paste.
• Pour the mix into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until done. You can insert a toothpick to check if it is done. If the toothpick comes out clean, your cake is done.
• Let it cool and then ice it with coconut pecan frosting.