The Wedding Cake Recipe requires a lot of time in its baking process. But one can’t imagine a wedding without the wedding cake in it. There are lot of people who opt for making the cake all by themselves, displaying their culinary skills and talents. My friend Nicole helped me in making a wedding cake. It was just an experiment which was done by me, thinking what if someday, we were to make a huge wedding cake, so then thought, no big deal; let’s give it a try. It was a beautifully decorated white cake with raspberry filling. The final product was beyond our expectation. I took my friend’s help because, I didn’t want anything to go wrong, and as it was the first time I was baking such a huge cake. Once I had mastered the art of baking the wedding cake, then there would be no looking back. It was a beautiful soft and moist Whitish color cake, with beautiful edible flowers on it and the inner part was hidden by the thick white creamy frosting. Since it turned out to be a success, I and Nicole divided the cake into two portions, one was for her family and the other half was kept by me. It was delicious and we both got lot of praises, from our family and friends. So whenever you want to bake a wedding cake make sure you have all the ingredients intact.

Preparation time: 50 minutes.

Total Time taken:  3 hours.

Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 22g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Calories: 600 kcal

Ingredients needed for preparing the Wedding Cake:

• Super moist white cake mix – 8 Boxes.
• Water – 10 Cups.
• Vegetable oil – 2 ¾ Cups.
• Egg whites – 24.

Ingredients needed for frosting the Wedding Cake:

• Powdered sugar – 32 Cups.
• Meringue powder – 4 tablespoons.
• Shortening – 4 Cups.
• Milk- 2 Cups.
• Vanilla extract – 8 teaspoons.
• Almond extract – 4 teaspoons.
• Decorating bags – 1 pack.
• Royal icing flowers – readymade – 15-20 pieces.
• Cardboard for the cake – few thick sheets.
• Wooden dowels – 1- 8 rods to support the cake structure.

Filling for the Wedding Cake:

• Raspberry Filling – 1 ¾ Cups.

Method:

• Set the oven at 325 degrees F and then grease the bottoms as well as the sides of each square shaped cake pans with shortening.
• Once you have done this now coat the pans with flour and then tap them slightly, in order to remove the extra flour from the pans.
• Now you can put the greased pans aside.
• Now the next step is to make the batter for the 6 as well as the 8 inch pans.
• For this you have to take a large sized bowl and beat at least 2 boxes of cake mix, along with 2 ½ Cups of water, 2/3 Cup of oil and then add 6 egg whites to this batter and then mix up all the ingredients with help of an electric mixer at a low pace for at least 30 seconds or so. When you have done this, now again mix it for 2 minutes at a medium pace and make sure you scrape the bowl occasionally.
• Now pour the freshly prepared 2 ¼ Cups of batter in the 6 inch pan and then pour the 4 ¼ Cups of batter in the 8 inch pan.
• Make sure you cover the remaining batter with a tight plastic wrap and then refrigerate it.
• Now bake both the cake pans in the cake oven.
• Bake the 6 inch pan for at least 40 to 45 minutes or so and bake the 8 inch pan for at least 45 to 50 minutes or so.
• You can come to know that the cakes are almost done with the process of baking, when you see the beautiful color of the cake and get the sweet aroma of the cakes, which indicates it’s ready.
• Let the cakes cool in the pans for at least 15 minutes or so.
• Once they have cooled down a bit, now remove these cakes from their pans and let place them on the wired rack of the cake oven and leave them to cool down completely for at least 1 hour or so.
• The next step is to prepare fresh cake batter once again, for this you have to take a take a square shaped cake pan which measures 12 inch.
• Now you have to grease and flour this cake pan, and keep it aside. In mean time you can prepare the fresh cake batter.
• Take a large sized bowl and add two boxes of cake mix, along with 2 ½ Cups of water, 2/3 cup of oil as well as 6 egg whites in it and then mix up all the ingredients with help of an electric mixer at a low pace for 30 seconds or so and then mix it at a medium speed for at least 2minutes and make sure you keep scraping the bowl side by side.
• Now add this batter to the batter which you had kept aside in the refrigerator and stir it up nicely so that it mixes up properly.
• Now spread at least 9 cups of batter evenly in the 12 inch cake pan.
• Bake the 12 inch cake pan for at least 50 to 60 minutes or so.
• You can then see the cake is almost done with the process of baking, when you get the sweet aroma of the freshly baked cake.
• Now let the cake cool down on the wired rack of the oven for 25 minutes or so.
• Once it has cooled down completely now remove it from the pan and place it on the oven rack, cool it for at least 1 hour or so.
• The wedding cakes are made up in tiers; even my cake is made in the similar manner and each tier is usually made up of 2 layers of the cake.
• But I guess I need to make another layer of 6 and 8 inch for that, wash and then dry both the cake pans.
• One has to follow all the steps once again to bake the cake batter in the similar manner. Which can be a tedious process but, if you want the Wedding cake according to your expectations then you have to work hard for the perfect presentation.
• Now wash and dry the 12 inch cake pan, once again and prepare the pan and bake the second layer, in the same way like you baked the rest of them.
• Now let both the cake pans cool down completely.
• In mean time you can now prepare the frosting for this huge mouthwatering Wedding cake.

Method for preparing the frosting for the Wedding cake:

In order to make the frosting for the White Raspberry Wedding cake you need to go through the following steps:

•  First of all you have to take a large sized bowl and add 8 cups of powdered sugar in it, along with 1 tablespoon of the meringue powder.
• Now stir up both the ingredients nicely with help of an electric mixer and make sure you mix it in a low pace and then beat in 1 cup of shortening, ½ cup of milk. 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract as well as 1 teaspoon of almond extract.
• Once you have added all the ingredients now beat them on a medium pace until you see it has all mixed up properly and it has become smooth enough.
• Now add the remaining milk to it, but it should be not more than 1 tablespoon at a time.
• This is usually done so that the frosting is easily spreadable and maintains its consistency and it is not too watery.
• Transfer the freshly prepared frosting to another large sized bowl and cover it up with a plastic wrap.
• Now make frosting in the same manner for at least 3 more times.
• Once you are done with the process of baking the cake as well as making the frosting, the next and most important part is to assemble the cake.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: When we talk about Wedding cakes, it has endless varieties to offer us. You can choose any flavor and any type of frosting and decoration for your wedding cake. It can be even a sugar free cake. Some people prefer the flourless cake, while other would prefer an eggless cake recipe, so in this kind of White raspberry wedding cake, you can add cinnamons, cardamom as well as lavender extract to enhance the flavor of such beautiful wedding cakes. Some add rum and wine to the cake for more dense color and flavor. So it’s you wish; what you want to bake your wedding cake with.

 How to Assemble, Garnish and then serve the Wedding Cake?

• One has to be very carefully while you assemble a fully baked wedding cake, it is not an ordinary preparation, and since you have put your best culinary skills in making this special cake, so you have to decorate it accordingly.
• To assemble the cake, take a saw like medium knife and cut off the domed top portion which is the crust of the cake and it comprises of the top layer of the cake.
• This is done in order to make the top portion of the cake flat so that it gives a neat look. One you have done this, now brush off the crumbs from the cakes.
• Now the next step is to take 1 tablespoon of the freshly prepared frosting and put it on the serving tray, this is done in order to prevent the cake from sliding on the tray.
• Take the first layer of the cake which is about 12 inch, cut the side up and then take a big round decorating bag with a big nozzle or tip, as you call it and fill it with the frosting.
• Now pipe around the top inside edge of the cake layer and with help of the decorating bag make a border with help of the thick frosting and it should be around ¾ inch high.
• Take 1 cup of raspberry filling and spread it over the top portion of the cake and it should be inside the frosting border which was just prepared by you.
• Now the next step is to top the cake with the second layer which is around 12 inch and cut the side down.
• For the 6 as well as the eight inch layers, you are required to make the cardboard squares in order to place the cake tiers. With help of a scissors, cut out the traced pan edges.
• Now once you are done with this, take little bit of the frosting and place it on the center of the cardboard which is square in shape and it is for the 6 inch tier.
• This is basically done to hold the cake in its place and now place the six inch cake layer on it and cut the side up.
• Now make a border with help of the freshly prepared frosting around the top which is the inside edge of the cake.
• Take the raspberry filling and spread it over the top of the second layer of the cake and it should be inside the frosted border.
• Now top the remaining six inch cake layer and cut the side down and then repeat the same procedure for the eight inch tier also.
• Now with help of the six inch squared cardboard are, decorate both the 8 inch cake layers and fill them with ½ cup of raspberry filling.
• In order to frost six as well as the eight inch cake tiers, now take the frosting and stir it with help of a big spatula and cover the entire cake with the thin layer of freshly prepared frosting. Now move to the top portion and frost it carefully and do it lightly so that all crumbs are hidden neatly under the frosting.
• Now decorate the second layer in the similar way and cover the sides as well as the top portion of the cake and spread it nicely so that it gives a smooth look.
• The last but not the least, stack the cake properly, for this the tiers have to be placed carefully on top of one another.
• In order to stack this cake and to give a good support to the cake structure, one has to use dowel rods in order to achieve this.
• With help of these dowel rods this task is completed.
• Now you can see the whole cake stands on a structure that is supported by neatly made cardboard stand which is supported by the dowel rods.
• Take the remaining frosting and decorate the cake properly, so that the entire cake is covered properly, once this is done, now add the royal icing flowers to it.
• The Wedding cake looks beautiful when it stacked up neatly, on one top of the other and it is tastefully decorated with white – yellowish flowers.

How to store the Wedding Cake?

• The best way to store such a cake is to refrigerate it, to be on the safe side.
• It can be stored in an air tight container and before that wrap it up in a plastic wrap and then store it and make sure you don’t break the cake.
• The cake container should be big enough and fit all the cakes in 3 different containers according to their sizes.
• Keep the cake in the refrigerator for 12 hours before assembling it.
• However it is always advisable to consume it as soon as possible.

Any more related info:

# Hint: In case you want your cake to look more delicious you can decorate it with freshly chopped fruits like strawberries, cherries and blue berries, pineapple pieces or any fruit of your own choice, it is optional however. Make sure you refrigerate it for 12 hours before you assemble it. You can also prepare the frosting 2 days ahead, even if you want the cake layers can be baked 2 days in advance, this would easier for you to prepare the cake in no time.

The Easy Crab Cake Recipe is very easy to prepare and I guess that’s how it got its name also. This crab cake recipe is very nutritious and is low in calorie; it totally depends on the preparation. It is usually, served with different kinds of sauces, salads dips and freshly cut green salads and is served as an appetizer, in the main dish or sometimes as a side dish too. It is very easy to prepare and is low fat and it is exotic seafood. They can be made in different ways like they can be shallow fried, deep fried, baked, steamed, grilled as well as boiled. It’s usually up to you, whichever way you want to make and serve it. For preparing this kind of recipe one can use fresh crab meat or even canned crab meat for making the snack.

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Total Time taken: 45 minutes.

 Nutritional Value:

• Total Fat: 41.2 g
• Cholesterol: 143 mg
• Calories: 499 kcal

Ingredients needed for preparing the Easy Crab Cake:

• Crab meat – 4 pound without shells.
• Egg – 1.
• Saltine crackers – nicely crushed – 1 Cup.
• Mayonnaise – 1 Cup.
• Vegetable oil – 4 tablespoons.
• Old bay seasoning TM – 1/8 teaspoon.
• Lemon zest – 1 tablespoon.
• Fresh basil – neatly chopped – 2 tablespoons.

Ingredients needed for preparing the Dressing / Sauce for the Easy Crab Cake:

• Egg yolks – 3.
• Old bay seasoning TM – 1/8 teaspoon.
• Fresh lime juice – 3 ounces.
• Chopped Fresh Cilantro – 2 tablespoons.
• Salt & Pepper to taste – According to your own taste.
• Vegetable oil – 1 ¾ Cups.

Method for preparing the Easy Crab Cake:

Preparing the Easy crab cake recipe is really easy so, I guess that’s why they call it with that name.

• First of all you have to take a large sized bowl and add the crabmeat, lemon zest, 1 egg, old bay seasoning, crushed crackers, chopped basil as well as the mayonnaise in it.
• Once you have done this, now mix all the ingredients in a fine manner.
• Now make the crab patties out of this crab mixture that you have made and each one of it should be of 5 ounces.
• Like this you would be able to make at least 16 patties out of the crab mixture.
• Now when you are done with it, make sure you chill it properly in the refrigerator before you cook it.
• This is usually done to ensure it doesn’t not break or dismantle while you deep fry them.
• The next step is to take a large skillet and heat 4 tablespoons of oil in it over a medium heat.
• Make sure that the oil is not very hot at the time of frying it can burn the crab cakes, so always fry them over medium heat.

• You can also fry them in olive oil as well as in peanut oil.
• Once the oil is ready for frying now you can sauté the delicious crab cakes for at least 4 minutes or so.
• Make sure while you are frying these crab cakes, you have to turn them gently so that both sides are fried nicely until they are golden brown in color, which indicates they are ready.
• Once they are all have turned golden in color and are fried properly, take them out on a paper napkin with help of large spoon or spatulas, so that the entire oily residue is soaked by the paper napkin.
• Once this procedure is done place the fried delicious crab cakes patties on a tray and decorate it with any sauce or salad of your own liking.
• I prefer decorating my easy crab cakes with the sauce which I can make at home as it adds more flavor to these snacks.

Method for preparing the Dressing / Sauce for the Easy Crab Cake:

• In order to prepare the fresh sauce at home, first of all you have to blend the egg yolks, lime juice, old bay seasoning, cilantro as well as some salt and pepper add mix all of these ingredients in the blender for at least 10 seconds or so.
• Make sure you keep the blender switched on and in the running mode. Once you have done this now slowly drizzle some oil into the blender.
• Blend all of it once again until you see it has turned into a creamy sauce, which indicates the delicious sauce is ready for dressing purposes.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The delicious best crab cakes are not only great in taste when they are deep fried but they also taste good when they are served with cranberry sauce. You can also grilled, bake, boiled or steam them, they would still taste better, and it all depends on one’s preparation.

How to Garnish and serve the Easy Crab Cake?             

• Take out the fried crab cake patties and place them in a neat manner in a large glass platter decorate them accordingly to your own taste and liking.
• Make sure you serve it with fresh French fries, coleslaw, fried okra and off course I would serve all these things along with the freshly prepared sauce that I have made.
• You can serve it with a small bowl of freshly cut green salads and other can eat it with any other salad dip of your own choice as well as with pickles.
• Some people like to eat the crab cakes with lot of sweet and sour preparations like red and green bell peppers along with lime juices and other spiced pickles.
• One can garnish them with green spinach, lettuce leaves, parsley, boiled vegetables, cilantro leaves and serve it along with fresh mayonnaise if you desire to do so.

• How to store the Easy Crab Cake?

• The freshly cooked crab cakes can be easily stored in an air tight container and can be refrigerated.
• In case you want to eat it again, you can simply warm them in the oven and eat them whenever you want to do so.
• It tastes the best when it is served fresh.

Any more related info:

# Hint: Make sure the Best crab cakes taste great, the way you want them to be, for this you must deep fry the patties in a proper way and then try serving them with the different kinds of sauces and breads, French fries as well as coleslaws.

 How to prepare an Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

The Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe requires a lot of time in its baking process. But believe me it is one of the most delicious cake that enters your mouth. This cake is moist and fudgy and can last for good 4 to 5 days and is good for birthdays or festive occasions all the year around.  It is rated as the most popular cake in America as well as all other countries around the globe. Whenever I plan a party at my place, I always make this thick creamy cake as it has a dense texture. You can indulge in eating this cake without any guilt and it gets over in no time.  It is an easy one pan cake recipe and it is liked by all. But once you bake it, you must hide it in a good place before it’s over!!!

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Total Time taken:  1 hours and 5 minutes.

Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 33g
• Cholesterol: 175 mg
• Calories: 631 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• Unsweetened cocoa powder – 1 Cup.
• Butter – 1 Cup – softened.
• Egg – 5.
• Sugar – 2 Cups.
• Vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons.
• All purpose flour – 2 Cups.
• Baking powder – ¾ teaspoon.
• Baking soda – ¾ teaspoon.
• Salt – ¼ teaspoon.
• Evaporated milk – 1 Cup.
• Water – ¼ Cup.

Ingredients needed for Frosting:

• 1 Can of sweetened condensed milk – 14 ounce.
• 1 Can of evaporated milk – 12 fluid ounce.
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – 3 tablespoons.
• Butter – ½ Cup – softened.
• Freshly chopped – ¼ cup of red cherries/ chocolate chips / curls – for decorating purpose and its optional.

Method:

• Set the oven at 350 degrees F and then grease and flour a tube pan that measures 9 inch in thickness and once you have done that keep it aside.
• Now take a saucepan and put it on medium heat over the stove and add 1 cup of evaporated milk in it, along with ¾ cup of cocoa powder.
• Once you have done this now heat it until you see that the cocoa powder dissolves completely and then remove it from heat.
• Now take a large sized bowl and add the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda as well as the salt in it. once you have done this, now add the eggs, vanilla extract, water, melted butter ad well as the cocoa mixture and mix all the ingredients and see all of it is blended in a nice manner.
• Take the freshly prepared cake batter and pour it in the tube pan carefully and then bake it in the oven at least for 45 minutes or so.
• The cake is almost done with the baking, you would come to know when you see a brownish color of the cake and one can touch with a finger and can make sure it is fully baked.
• By the time the cake cools down a bit, in mean time you can prepare the frosting for the yummy cake.

Method for preparing the Frosting:

In order to make the frosting for the Chocolate cake you need to go through the following steps:

• Take a medium sized saucepan and add the evaporated milk in it along with the remaining condensed milk, the cocoa powder as well as the butter.
• Once you have added all the ingredients that are needed for preparing the frosting for the cake now cook all of it over a low heat and keep stirring side by side until you see that the mixture has turned into a thick paste.
• This indicates that the frosting for the cake is almost done; the next step is to decorate the Easy chocolate cake.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: For such a recipe some people prefer to use cake mix and usually top the cake with along with thick whipped cream when it comes to frosting the cake. One can also use brewed coffee instead of milk in the preparation of such cake recipes in this way the cake becomes tastier.

How to Garnish and serve an Easy Chocolate Cake?

• Once the cakes has cooled down then turn it on a big decorative tray with help of a metal spatula or knife.

• Take the freshly prepared thick paste that is made by you for frosting the cake.
• Now spread this thick paste over the top portion of the cake with help of a wooden spatula.
• Make sure you spread the entire frosting in such a way that it covers the entire cake well as all the sides of the cake in a proper manner and remove the excess cream from the sides of the cake with help of the blunt knife.
• Now your easy chocolate cake is almost ready for garnishing.
• You can garnish the easy chocolate cake with freshly chopped red cherries, frozen chocolate curls or with chocolate chips. It’s up to you how you want to decorate and serve your cake.
• I simply prefer frosting my cake with a freshly prepared thick paste.

How to store an Easy Chocolate Cake?

• The best way to store such a cake is to refrigerate it, to be on the safe side.
• It can be stored in an air tight container and make sure the container is big enough, so that the cake fits in it easily and it doesn’t break.
• The cakes which are entirely decorated with thick cream should be always kept in the refrigerator.
• You can keep it for good 5 days or more in the similar manner.
• If it is stored in an air tight container and it is kept in the freezer for good 2 months or even more.
• However it is always advisable to consume it as soon as possible.

Any more related info:

# Hint: In case you want your cake to look more delicious you can decorate it with freshly chopped fruits like strawberries, cherries and blue berries the cake looks more tasty.

How to prepare a Key Lime Cake – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

Some people generally don’t like eating sugary cakes all the time. For such people, who have liking for cakes with different flavors the Key Lime Cake Recipe offers that ultimate tangy sweet combination. When we talk about cakes that are prepared with the help of citrus fruits, the Key Lime cake comes to my mind. This cake is wonderfully limey in taste and it is excellent when it is served in summers. The key lime juice is different from the regular limes we use in our daily life. As the key lime juice or zest are used in making large number of mouth watering desserts like cakes, tarts, pies, cookies, breads, puddings as well as ice creams. It usually has a summer cooling properties in it and it is mostly liked by many people.

Preparation time: 20 minutes.

Total Time taken:  2 hours.

Nutritional Value:

• Total Fat: 18.2g
• Cholesterol: 50 mg
• Calories: 297 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 1/3 Cups.
• Baking Powder – 1 ½ teaspoon.
• Salt – ¼ teaspoon.
• Baking soda – ½ teaspoon.
• Granulated sugar – 2 cups.
• Butter – 1 Cup.
• Eggs – 4.
• Key limes – 4.
• Sour milk or butter milk – 1 Cup.
• Cream cheese – 8 ounces.
• Butter – ½ Cup.
• Powdered Sugar – 3 ½ Cups.
• Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon.

Ingredients needed for frosting:

• The ingredients that are needed for making the icing for the Key lime cake are already mentioned in the list of cake ingredients.
• Frozen slices of Key lime or lemon slices coated with sugar – 10 pieces – it is optional.
• One can also use freshly chopped pecans or freshly cut strawberries pieces for decorating purposes – optional.

Method:

• Take a large sized bowl and add the flour, salt, baking soda as well as the baking powder in it. Once you have done this now keep all the dry ingredients a side.
• Now take a medium sized bowl and add the butter to it along with the granulated sugar and make sure you cream them with the help of an electric mixer.
•  Blend it properly at a medium pace until you see it has turned fluffy and add the eggs to it, one at a time.
• Make sure you beat and everything in a nice manner until you see the cream has changed into alight color which indicates it’s almost done, as it becomes more smooth and fluffy in appearance.
• Now take a fine grater and remove all the zest from the key limes, once you do this, now squeeze out all the juice.
• The next step is to mix the juice as well as the lime zest into the mixture that is made up of sugar, egg and butter.
• Now add 1/3 of the flour mixture into the freshly prepared batter.
• Take 1/3 cup of milk and add it to the flour, once you have added the milk make sure you blend them nicely.
• Take two round cake pans which should be 9 inch in measurement and make sure you flour and grease them properly.
• Set the oven at 350 degrees F.
• Pour the freshly prepared batter into the cake pans and let them bake for at least for 30 minutes or so.
• When you see the beautiful golden light yellowish color of the cake and get a strong aroma of the cake, which indicates it is almost ready.
• Let the cakes cool down for at least 10 minutes or so.
• By the time these cakes cool down on the wired rack, in mean time you can make the frosting for the cake.

Method for preparing the frosting:

I prefer making the cake with delicious cream cheese icing. So the steps taken for making the icing is mentioned below:

• In order to prepare a simple frosting for the cake you have to sift the powdered sugar.
• Once you have done this now take a medium sized bowl and add the butter, cream cheese and blend it up in a proper manner with help of an electric mixer and then stir in the vanilla extract in the buttery mixture.

 Any other possible variations for this recipe: There are variations in this of cake, some people prefer to use white cake mix instead of flour, and the cake comes out very soft.  Many people prefer using beer in the list of ingredients while they bake the key lime cake. With this the cake becomes tangier in taste.

How to Garnish and serve the Key Lime Cake?

• Make sure the cakes have cooled down completely.
• Now carefully turn the cakes into a large platter.
• Take the freshly prepared cream cheese icing and then frost both the layers of the freshly prepared Key lime cake.
• Once you have done this now sandwich both the cakes together.
• Make sure the entire cake is finally frosted properly, covering all the sides of the cake.
• You can garnish the cake whichever way you want to and the popular toppings consist of chopped pecans, sliced strawberries.
• But I like decorating my Key lime cake with sugar coated key lime slices; you can also decorate it with lemon slices that are coated with sugar.
• Make sure you freeze them before decorating it on the top portion of the Key lime cake.

How to store the Fresh Key lime Cake?

• The cake can be kept in room temperature for few hours but not beyond that, as it contains cream cheese and juice of key lime, so there is a possibility that it might become soggy.
• It is better to refrigerate it and it should be kept in an air tight container.
• Make sure the container or box is large enough and the cake fits properly in it, and see the cake doesn’t break.
• The cake can easily survive in the refrigerator for at least 5 days or more.
• However it is always advisable to consume the cake when it is fresh.

Any more related info:

# Hint: When you prepare the batter for the key lime cake, in order to get the desired color which is light greenish in color, see that you add few drops of the green food color in it.

I.How to prepare the Best Crab Cake Recipe – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

The Best Crab Cake Recipe is very easy to prepare and it is one of my favorite recipes, which I usually cook quite often. It is basically an American dish that includes mainly the crab meat and many other seasonings as well as ingredients. You can prepare this recipe by using any kind of crab meat but mostly people say that the blue crabs are best in taste, when we talk about the Best crab cake recipe and it considered being the ideal choice of a foodie. The other favorite of the people is the Dungeness crab which is equally delicious. A crab cake comes in various sizes; it can be as small as a cookie or as big as a burger. It is usually, served with different kinds of sauces, salads dips and freshly cut green salads. They can be made in different ways like they can be shallow fried, deep fried, baked, steamed, grilled as well as boiled. It’s usually up to you, whichever way you want to make and serve it. They are usually served as appetizers and in some cases they are served in main course too. These crab cakes are easily available in different kinds of restaurants and in fast-food joints but I assure you, what authentic taste one can get in their own houses, they can’t get it anywhere else. I happen to be one of them, who prefer to make it at home as, it requires very less time in its preparation as well as it’s an easy recipe to make. This is one of the easiest recipes that I can share with you and it is an ideal recipe to learn for the beginners.

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Total Time taken: 30 minutes.

 Nutritional Value:

• Total Fat: 30.6 g
• Cholesterol: 157 mg
• Calories: 436 kcal

Salmon Cake Ingredients:

• Crab meat – 1 pound without shells.
• Egg – 1.
• Green onions – 3 – finely chopped.
• Crackers – nicely crushed – 1/3 Cup.
• Bell pepper – finely chopped – ½ Cup.
• Mayonnaise – ¼ Cup.
• Peanut oil – ½ Cup.
• 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
• Dry mustard – 1 teaspoon.
• Garlic powder – ¼ teaspoon.
• Lemon – Half juice.
• Salt – 1 teaspoon.
• Cayenne pepper – Just one pinch.
• Flour – Just for dusting purposes.

Method for preparing the Best Crab Cake:

Preparing the Best crab cake recipe is really easy so, I guess that’s why they call it the Best crab cake recipe. Make sure you have all the ingredients that are required for preparing this mouthwatering dish.

• First of all you have to take all the ingredients that are mentioned in the ingredients list and make sure you mix all of it, except the flour and oil, in a nice manner.
• Now the next step is to give them a round shape to these crab cakes and once you have done this now you have to dust them with flour.
• See that you have dusted them nicely with flour, so that they can be easily fried in oil.
• The next step is to take a large skillet and fill it with peanut oil and let it become hot at a see this is done on a medium heat and it should not be boiling, otherwise the crab cakes will burn and become charcoal black.

• You can also fry them in olive oil in case you don’t want to use peanut oil.
• Now take the crab cakes one by one and fry them in batches carefully, without breaking them.
• Make sure while you are frying these crab cakes, you have to turn them gently so that both sides are fried nicely and when you see it has turned golden brown means they are almost done with the process of frying.
• Make sure you fry them in a proper manner and it doesn’t remain raw and each side might take at least 4 to 5 minutes in order to be cooked.
• However the cooking time of the crab cakes can vary, it all depends on the size of the crab cakes because if you have prepared bigger patty of each crab cake that much time it would take for them to be fried.
• Once they are all have turned golden in color and are fried properly, take them out on a paper napkin, so that the entire oily residue is soaked by the paper napkin.
• Once this procedure is done place the fried delicious crab cakes patties on a tray that should be tastefully decorate with fresh salad and tartar sauce or any other salad dip of your choice and make sure, when you serve, they should be hot.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The delicious best crab cakes are not only great in taste when they are deep fried but taste equally good when they are baked, grilled, boiled or steamed. They taste simply delicious when they are served with freshly cut green salads as well as with different kinds of salad dips and pickles.

How to Garnish and serve the Best Crab Cake?             

• Take out the fried crab cake patties which look delicious when they are deep fried and look yummy in golden brown color.
• Now place them neatly in any way you want to decorate them on a tray or on a glass platter.
• Make sure you serve it with freshly cut green salad and other saucy dips and pickles of your own choice.
• They are usually served along with sauces such as the Dijon and the lemon dill sauce, horse-radish mayo and the classic cocktails and tartar sauces.
• Some people like to eat the crab cakes with lot of sweet and sour preparations.
• One can garnish them with green spinach, parsley, boiled vegetable preparations, sweet peppers, cilantro leaves or even with jalapeno peppers along with fresh mayonnaise.

• How to store the Crab Cake?

• The freshly cooked crab cakes can be easily stored in an air tight container and can be refrigerated.
• In case you want to eat it again, you can simply warm them in the micro oven and eat them with your favorite salad dips.
• It can be served at any time you want to consume but believe me they taste the best when they are freshly made and served.

Any more related info:

# Hint: Make sure the Best crab cakes taste great, the way you want them to be, for this you must deep fry the patties in a proper way and then try serving them with the creamy caper sauce as it is my favorite. It’s totally up to you, how you want to eat it.

I.How to prepare a Ginger Bread Cake Recipe – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

A Ginger Bread Cake Recipe is a very easy to bake and it is packed with all goodness and it is the best recipe to opt for during Christmas time. That is the time when all families have their own get-togethers. I remember the days of my childhood when my granny used to make the ginger bread man and it was available in the markets as well as in fairs and I would always pack and carry a small gingerbread man home. But that too dint last for long, so the recipe was changed to a yummy moist brownish color cake. So that I could indulge in eating without guilt and it was deliciously topped with freshly prepared toffee sauce.  You can do the icing or topping as you may call it with any kind sauce, whipped cream or sugary syrup according to your own style and taste. The best part about this cake is its flavor which has 99.9% of pure ginger in it. I usually call it a holiday cake as it’s that time of the year, during Christmas one can make it and it is easily digested in winters as it keeps us away from small cold infections.

Preparation time: 15 minutes.                                                    

Total Time taken:  45 minutes.

Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 13.8g
• Cholesterol: 18 mg
• Calories: 437 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• Water – 3 cups.
• Molasses – 2 Cups.
• Baking soda – 1 tablespoon.
• Brown sugar – 2 Cups.
• Unsalted butter – softened – 1 Cup.
• Eggs – 2.
• Flour – 5 Cups.
• Salt – 1 tablespoon.
• Ground ginger – 2 tablespoons.
• Ground cinnamon – 1 tablespoon.
• Ground cloves – 2 pinches.
• Baking powder – 1 tablespoon.

Ingredients needed for decorating the Ginger Bread Cake with Toffee Sauce:

• Sugar – 2 2/3 Cups.
• Water – 1 Cup.
• Whipped Cream – 2 Cups.

Method:

• Set the oven at 350 degrees F.
• Now the next step is to grease and flour a square cake pan that measures 8 inch in thickness.
• Once you have greased it, keep it aside.
• Take a saucepan and boil water in it and then remove it from heat and add the molasses as well as the baking soda in it and stir it for some time and let it cool down until it becomes lukewarm.
• Now take a medium sized bowl and add the butter and the brown sugar to it and mix both the ingredients in a proper manner until it becomes a soft and smooth.
• When you see it has become smooth enough, add the eggs to it, one at a time and mix all of it in a nice and easy manner.
• Take a large sized bowl and sift together the salt, flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder as well as the cloves in it.
• Now add the molasses mixture as well as the sugar and the butter mixture in the dry ingredients.
• Mix all of it with help of an electric mixer and make sure all the ingredients are mixed up properly.
• Once the mixtures is ready take a sieve and allow the batter to pass through it, this is usually done in order to remove lumps that might be there when the batter was being prepared.
• Now carefully pour the freshly prepared batter in the square shaped pan and make sure you bake it for at least 30 to 35 minutes or more.
• You would immediately come to know the cake is almost done, when you get the strong scent of ginger and you can see the brownish color on the top of the cake, which indicates that, it is almost done.
• Now let the cake cool down for 10 minutes or more.
• While the cakes cool down completely, in mean time you can prepare the toffee sauce for decorating the cake.

Method for preparing the Toffee sauce for decorating the Ginger Bread cake:

• I know my cake would come out to be the best, when I glaze it with the freshly prepared toffee sauce.
• In order to make this delicious toffee sauce, you need to take a saucepan and then boil some water in it and add sugar to it.
• When the sugars dissolves completely in it, then lower the heat of the gas stove for sometimes and then after few moment increase the heat again and then caramelize the sugar until it turns golden brown.
• Once this is done, now make sure you remove the saucepan from the gas stove and add whipped cream to this mixture and again put the pan on the gas stove and stir it slowly over a medium heat, until the cream dissolves completely.
• Now you can decorate your spicy gingerbread cake with the freshly prepared toffee sauce.
• Some people like to eat their cake with a scoop of ice cream, honey or fresh whipped cream.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The other variation for this type of cake is that an eggless version of this cake is also popular during festive seasons such as Christmas as well as on Easter. One can also add milk instead of cream in this cake recipe and the other spice people prefer to add is black pepper along with the brown sugar, this makes the cake spicier in taste.

How to Garnish and serve the Ginger Bread Cake?

• When the cake has cooled down completely you can remove it from the cake pan and turn it into a large metal tray.
• Make sure before that you have put a butter paper on the tray.
• Now carefully pour the freshly prepared toffee sauce over the top portion of the cake.
• One this is done, now cover all the sides of the cake with the remaining toffee sauce.
• You can serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, if you want to, otherwise you can serve it with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

How to store the Fresh Ginger Bread Cake?

• Take an air tight container and please make sure that this container is big enough and the cake can fit easily in it so that it doesn’t break or get crushed in the process of storing as it is very moist and delicate.
• The other way is to store it in a container and place it on the shelf but it would now survive for long it has to be consumed in 2 days time.
• In the refrigerator it would survive for like 5 days or more.
• In any case you are planning to store it in the freezer it can survive for 1 month and when you want to serve it you can warm it up for few minutes and then serve it hot.

Any more related info:

# Hint: This cake is rated as a spiced cake; you can decrease the content of ginger, while you prepare the batter for this type of cake. So please make sure you add the ingredients according to the recipe.

I. How to prepare an Almond Cake Recipe – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

The Almond Cake Recipe is a very easy cake to make and I assure you, no goof- ups would ever happen while you bake this one. When it is ready with the white sugary cover over it along with freshly chopped layer of almonds, it’s just heavenly. It Is an Italian recipe I thought I should let you know this. This almond cake recipe is just for a one layer cake and it doesn’t have too many ingredients in it. It is the sweetest cake that I love to bake and then serve the thick pieces with a hot cup of tea. Tell me who can resist such a delicious cake. Which has the beautiful confectioner’s sugar sprinkled on it, along with freshly chopped almonds on the cake and it can make any one addictive. It’s too difficult to stay away from it for long. Best is to consume it when it is freshly baked. An ideal cake for all occasions and can be gifted on special events and celebrations.

Preparation time: 20 minutes.                                                    

Total Time taken:  1 hour and 5 minutes.

Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 17.5g
• Cholesterol: 85 mg
• Calories: 384 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• Caster sugar – 150g.
• Premade almond paste – 150g.
• Ground almonds- 75g.
• Plain flour – 140g.
• Unsalted butter – 225g.
• Baking powder – 1.5 teaspoon.
• Salt – 0.75 teaspoon.
• Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon.
• Almond essence – 1 teaspoon.
• Eggs – 6 – should be whisked.

Ingredients needed for Frosting / Icing:

• Confectioner’s sugar – 2 teaspoons – for icing the cake.
• Almonds – ¼ Cup – neatly chopped for decorating the cake.

Method:

• Set the oven at 160 degrees F.
• Now the next step is to take a cake tin which is 23 cm in measurement and make sure you grease the tin.
• If there is any excess oil, then you better line the base of the tin with a parchment paper and keep it aside.
• Now sift together the plain flour, baking powder as well as the salt in a medium sized bowl and keep it aside.
• Take a large sized bowl and add the caster sugar to it, along with the ground almonds and the marzipan. Once you have done this now add 1 tablespoon of flour in it.
• Now with help of an electric mixer, make sure you blend everything in a fine manner, keep mixing all the ingredients until you see that the almond as well as the marzipan is all broken down into fine bits and it gives a crumbled look means it is mixed the way you want it to be.
• Once this whole process of mixing is done, now add the unsalted butter, almond essences as well as the vanilla essence to it and blend all of it until the whole mixture turns light and fluffy.
• The next step is to add the whisked eggs one after the other to this mixture and for that you have to add a quarter and blend them properly and add a tablespoon of flour and keep blending it.
• When this step is done now add again a tablespoon of flour and blend again and last but not the least add the remaining flour to this and mix all of it together until you see it all done.
• Now take the cake tin and see that you carefully pour the freshly prepared batter in it.
• Put the cake tin in the oven and bake it for at least 65 minutes or so.
• You would immediately come to know the cake is almost done, when you get the sweet aroma of the cake and you can see the brownish color on the top of the cake, which indicates it is almost done.
• Now let the cool down for some times, may be for 10 minutes or more.
• Your cake is now ready and you can frost it, whichever way you want to.

Method for preparing the frosting:

• You can simply decorate it by sprinkling the confectioner’s sugar over the freshly baked Almond cake.
• Some people prefer frosting the cake with different kinds of toppings of their own choice like the thick whipped cream and then the top portion of the cake can be decorated with freshly chopped almonds.
• Some prefer glazing it with caramel, chocolate or even maple syrup, the choice is all yours.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The other variation for this type of cake is to bake it with a combination of Chocolate Almond cake and some people prefer baking with Cranberries and the flavor is amazingly tasty. The crumb of this cake is usually dense and moist so one can combine it with any ingredients and it would turn out to be more delicious then one can imagine. The other version of this cake is the Eggless Almond Cake which is equally tasty.

How to Garnish and serve the Almond Cake?

• When the cake has cooled down completely you can remove it from the cake tin with help of a knife and make sure you run it around the edges of the cake.
• Then turn the cake gently into a big long silver tray, once you have done this now remove the parchment paper from the bottom of the cake.
• Make sure before that you have put a butter paper on the tray.
• Now finally you can decorate the cake by simply sprinkling the confectioner’s sugar over the top layer of the freshly prepared Almond Cake and then garnish the rest of the cake by liberally decorating it with freshly chopped almonds.
• Any topping of your choice can also be used, since I prefer simple topping so I always suggest this, the simpler the better.

• Once the simple icing is done on it, you can serve it with tea or coffee.

How to store the Fresh Almond Cake?

• If it has no creamy topping over it then it can be simply stored in an air tight container and can be stored in room temperature, and it should be kept away from heat and shelved in the kitchen.
• The Almond cake can be also be refrigerated and it can last for 2 weeks or more.
• If you need to keep it in the freezer than the cake can last for good 1 month.
• Whenever you want to eat it you can simply warm it up in the oven and have to again and again.

Any more related info:

# Hint: You can serve this delicious Almond cake with a scoop of fresh Vanilla ice-cream, as this is a great combination. Some people prefer eating it with fresh whipped cream with blue berry topping.

I.How to prepare an Orange Cake – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

The Orange Cake Recipe is the simplest cake one can bake for any kind of occasion or a party. It can be prepared in no time and you can frost it according to your own way. Let me share a small secret with you all, this was the very first cake I made, when I had started learning how to bake a cake. Whenever I run out of ideas and don’t know which dessert should be kept in the end for serving, the orange cake is the only one which comes to my mind, as very less time in needed in its preparation, so I always opt for this delicious recipe.

Preparation time: 30 minutes.

Total Time taken:  2 hours.

 Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 19.8g
• Cholesterol: 82 mg
• Calories: 410 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• 1 Box of yellow cake mix – 18.25 ounces.
• 1 packet of instant lemon pudding mix – 3 ounces.
• Orange juice – ¾ Cup.
• Vegetable oil – ½ Cup.
• Eggs – 4.

Ingredients needed for Frosting Icing:

• Lemon extract – 1 teaspoon.
• Orange juice – 1/3 Cup.
• Sugar – 2/3 Cup.
• Butter – ¼ Cup.

 Method:

• Set the oven at 325 and take a Bundt pan and grease it and make sure it is 10 inch in measurement and then keep it aside.
• Now take large sized bowl add the pudding mix as well as the cake mix in it and stir it up in a proper manner.
• Once you have done this now make a well in the center of the bowl and pour the ¾ cup of orange juice in it along with the oil, eggs as well as the lemon extract.
• Now with help of an electric mixer beat all the ingredients at a low pace and make sure all of it is blended properly.
• Scrape the inner portion of the bowl and again beat the mixture for at least 4 minutes or so on a medium pace and turn off the mixer.
• Now take the freshly prepared cake batter and pour it carefully in the Bundt pan.
• Bake the cake batter for at least 50 to 60 minutes or more.
• You come to know the cake is almost done, when you see the light color of the cake and it springs back when you touch it with your finger, which indicates it ready.
• Now let the cake cool in the Bundt pan for at least 10 minutes or more.
• When you see it has cooled down completely then turn it out on the wired rack of the cake oven.
• While this delicious cake cools down in mean time you can prepare the icing for the cake.

Method for preparing the Frosting / Icing:

• In order to prepare the icing for the Orange cake, you have to take a saucepan and then add 1/3 cup of orange juice in it and add the sugar as well as the butter to it and make sure you stir all these ingredients over a medium heat.
• Now cook this mixture for at least 2 minutes or so, till it completely turns into a fine liquid mixture.
• Once you all done with this, now it is the time to decorate the delicious Orange cake with the freshly prepared icing.
• But mostly people prefer to dust the confectioners’ sugar, which is the best way to decorate such a cake.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The other variation for such a cake is that, one can use the orange cake mix instead of the regular yellow cake mix which is mixed in order to make the batter for this orange cake, believe me it would be more tastier.

You can also use the Orange supreme cake mix for preparing the orange cake and the end result would only get you more praises and compliments.

How to Garnish and serve the Orange Cake?

• Take the cake and loosen its side with, help of a knife and shake it gently upside down on a large plate.
• Once you have done this, now the cake is ready for icing, you can pour the freshly prepared icing over the warm orange cake and now it looks simply irresistible.
• You can decorate the cake with some cherries or frozen orange slices which have been coated with sugar (it’s optional) or simply glaze it and serve it with hot cup of tea or coffee according to your preference.

How to store the Fresh Orange Cake?

• The tasty Orange cake with a mild icing can be kept in room temperature too and can be ideally stored in the kitchen for 2 or 3 days.
• You can wrap it in an aluminum foil or a plastic wrap and store it in an air tight container or a tin box and refrigerate it.
• If it is properly kept in the refrigerator then it can survive for good 6 days or more.
• Whenever you feel like eating it, just warm it in the oven and eat it whenever you want to or simply serve it with hot cup of tea.
• It is always good if you consume it when it freshly baked and I really doubt, if it would last even for a day, I bet you it would be all consumed in a day.

Any more related info:

# Hint: While you prepare the icing for this orange cake, make sure it is not too watery, if it turns out to be too thin, it would ruin the cake for sure. See that all the ingredients that are needed for the icing should be in good quality as well as quantity.

I.How to prepare a Chocolate Pound Cake – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

The Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe is one of my favorite recipes, thanks to my aunt who taught me how to make this cake. Even thought it requires lot of time in its preparation but the final product is unimaginable. I have always been able to collect so many compliments, whenever I made this cake. I make it a point to bake this cake at special occasions such as Christmas, New Year’s and Easter. Without this cake no celebration is complete at least in my house. Once you have mastered the art of baking the chocolate pound cake, you can simply surprise your near and dear ones anytime of the year. It’s an ideal cake for gifting purposes and one rich dessert which no one wants to miss, when it is served.  

Preparation time: 25 to 30 minutes.

Total Time taken:  1 hour and 20 minutes.

 Nutritional Value: 

• Total Fat: 28.3g
• Cholesterol: 125 mg
• Calories: 510 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• All purpose flour – 3 ¼ Cups.
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – ½ Cup.
• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon.
• Salt – ½ teaspoon.
• Butter – softened – 1 Cup.
• Shortening – ½ Cup.
• Sugar – 3 Cups.
• Eggs – 5.
• Evaporated milk – 1 Cup.
• Vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons.

Ingredients needed for Frosting / Icing:

• Unsweetened chocolate – 4 squares.
• Butter – ½ Cup.
• 1 pound of unsifted confectioner’s sugar.
• Salt – 1/8 teaspoon.
• Evaporated milk – ½ Cup.
• Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon.

 Method:

• Set the oven at 325 degrees F.
• Now sift together the flour, baking powder as well as the cocoa powder and the salt and keep it aside.
• Take a large sized bowl and add butter, sugar and shortening to it, once you have done this now add the eggs and make sure you mix all the ingredients in a fine manner.
• Now add the flour mixture, vanilla extract as well as the evaporated milk in it and mix it up nicely.
• One the smooth cake batter is ready take a tube pan which should measure around 10 inch and it should be properly greased and floured.
• Now carefully pour the freshly prepared batter in the tube pan.
• Once you have done this now put the cake pan in the oven and let it bake for at least 1 hour and 20 minutes or so.
• You come to know the cake is almost done, when you see the dark brownish cake and you can get the sweet aroma of the freshly baked cake, which indicates it’s ready.
• Now let the cake cool in the tube pan for at least 10 minutes or so.
• When you see it has cooled down completely then turn it out on the wired rack of the cake oven.
• While this rich dark chocolate pound cake cools down in mean time you can prepare the fresh frosting.

Method for preparing the Frosting / Icing:

• In order to prepare the icing for the Chocolate pound cake, you have to melt the chocolate as well as the butter in a medium sized bowl over hot water using a double boiler method. This is an old method used to prepare different kinds of icings for the cakes.
• Now take a saucepan and then add the sugar, evaporated milk, salt as well as the vanilla extract and stir up all the ingredients in a proper manner.
• Make sure you keep stirring all the ingredients till they completely dissolve, now add the melted chocolate mixture into this saucepan and stir all the ingredients once again.
• Keep stirring the mixture until it turns thick, now the icing is ready and you can decorate the cake.
• But mostly people prefer to dust the confectioners’ sugar, which is the one of the ways to decorate such a cake.

Any other possible variations for this recipe: The other variation for such a cake is that, a chocolate pound cake basically follows the same recipe like any simple pound cake and the main ingredients that are always used, consists of the 4 things the flour, butter, eggs and sugar and the ratio always remains 1:1:1:1. Some people prefer using almond extract instead of the vanilla extract. Many prefer using butter instead of vegetable oil and it makes the cake more soft and moist. In order to make the dense the baking powder has to be used in right quantity and some people prefer using currants or raisins in the batter, with this the chocolate pound cake becomes tastier.

How to Garnish and serve the Chocolate Pound Cake?

• Once the cake has cool down completely, turn it carefully with help of a kitchen knife and make sure you tap the pan a little then lift it off and transfer the cake on a large round glass plate.
  • Once you have done this, now the cake is ready for icing, you can pour the freshly prepared chocolate icing over the warm chocolate pound cake.
  • You can frost the cake simply by sprinkling the confectioner’s sugar over it and serve it with hot cup of tea or coffee.

How to store the Fresh Chocolate Pound Cake?

• The delicious Chocolate Pound Cake with a mild icing can be kept in room temperature and can be kept in the kitchen’s shelf for a day or so.
• You can wrap it in a plastic sheet and it can be kept in an air tight container and can be refrigerated.
• It can easily last in the refrigerator for at least 7 days.
• It is always advisable to consume it when it is freshly baked.

Any more related info:

# Hint: When you are preparing the batter for the cake make sure that all the ingredients are in right proportion, this would ensure a perfect recipe for such a dense cake.

I.How to prepare a Cassava Cake – at home, in a quick and an easy manner.

Cassava is also known by other names such as manioc and yucca. It is a permanent woody shrub. This cassava root serves as a very important food in many South America countries, Africa as well as in Asia. It is a very usual cake. They are basically starchy foods and are used in many food preparations such as crackers, breads and cakes. The Cassava Cake Recipe is a traditional recipe in Africa as well as in Philippines. It is simple cake to make as long as you find the main ingredient that is needed to make this cake called the cassava root in any grocery store. Since I making all kinds of cakes, I thought why not give it a try in baking this one, so I hope I can guide you in the right way.

Preparation time: 20 minutes.

Total Time taken:  2 hours and 20 minutes.

Nutritional Value:

• Total Fat: 15.5g
• Cholesterol: 65 mg
• Calories: 329 kcal

Cake Ingredients:

• Properly peeled and grated cassava root – ½ lb.
• Sugar – 1 Cup.
• Egg – 1.
• Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon.
• Baking powder – 2 ½ tablespoons.
• Milk – ½ Cup.
• Butter – 3 ounces.
• Flour – 2 ounces.
• Dried coconut – 2 ½ ounces.
• Salt – 1/8 teaspoon.

Ingredients needed for frosting:

• Egg yolks – 3.
• Sweetened condensed milk – 1/3 Cup.
• Coconut milk – 1/3 Cup.
• Coconut cream – 1/3 Cup.

Method:

• Set the oven at 350 degrees F for baking the cake.
• Now peel and then grate a cassava root and then measure out ½ lb from the grated root.
• Take the grated cassava root in a medium sized bowl and add ½ cup of milk to it and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to it. Once you have done that now add a beaten egg to the cassava and mix it up with a wooden spoon and let the mixture stand for at least 5 minutes or so.
• Now take another medium sized bowl and add 3 ounces of butter and 1 cup of sugar and make sure you mix it up in such a way that it turns into a smooth and creamy mixture. Firstly you have to whisk it with a fork and once its smooth enough then you have to mix it with a wooden spoon in order to get a smooth finish.
• Once you have done this now add this creamy mixture to the cassava. Now add the milk as well as the vanilla extract and egg in the first bowl and mix all the ingredients in a nice manner.
• Now take the third bowl and add 2 ounces of flour and 2 ½ teaspoon of baking powder along with 1/8 teaspoon of salt in it and make sure you sift all the dry ingredients together neatly and then add them to the cassava batter.
• Take a round cake pan which should be 8 inch in measurement and grease it with butter.
• Pour the freshly prepared batter into the cake pan and let it bake at least for 40 minutes or so.
• When you see the beautiful golden brownish color of the cake and get a strong aroma of the cake, which indicates it is ready.
• By the time the cake cools down on the wired rack, in mean time you can make the frosting for the cake.

Method for preparing the frosting:

I prefer making the cake with delicious coconut topping according to the Philippine style the other topping is usually with egg topping made with mixture of milk, but I prefer the coconut one. So the steps taken for making the coconut topping is mentioned below:

• Take a medium sized bowl and add the egg yolks in it and then add the sweetened condensed milk along with the coconut milk as well as the coconut cream in it and mix all the wet ingredients with help of an electric mixer.
• Make sure you mix up all the ingredients in a fine manner until you see it is smooth and ready for frosting.

 Any other possible variations for this recipe: There are some variations in this cake and it is widely eaten in the Asian culture as well as the African culture. Some people prefer using the cassava flour instead of the grated cassava root as far as flavoring is concerned.

How to Garnish and serve the Cassava Cake?

• Take the cake and make sure you turn the cake carefully in a round platter.
• Now take the freshly prepared coconut topping and pour it over the baked cassava cake in such a way that it covers the entire cake. There should be an equal distribution and the frosting should be done in a neat and clean manner.
• Put the cake in the oven and set it at 325 degrees F for at least 25 minutes or so, when you see the topping has turned light brown in color means it’s almost done.
• An idea cake for all occasions and looks great on the breakfast table when served with hot cup of coffee.

How to store the Fresh Cassava Cake?

• The cake can be kept in room temperature for few hours but not beyond that, as it contains coconut in it might becomes watery and the cake might become soggy.
• In case it has a frosting then it can be stored in the refrigerator for many days.
• However it is always advisable to consume the cake when it is fresh.

Any more related info:

# Hint: When you serve the cassava cake make sure you serve it with freshly prepared coconut topping or with custard sauce or with a scoop of delicious ice-cream of your own choice. All the three suggestions are great combination and the cake becomes tastier.