Baking is therapeutic and since we all are locked up inside our homes, we thought it would be something fulfilling to engage in baking. Hence we came up with some easy yet quick cake recipes for amateur bakers, out there. Now, obviously, you will find these cakes easily over some reputed online or offline bakery which would be happy to extend you its cake delivery in Coimbatore or some other city services. But baking a cake at home blesses one with a different level of satisfaction. So regardless of the fact that you consider yourself not to be an excellent baker, you can give a try baking these quick cake recipes, the next time you are craving some cake or when you have some people coming over.
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sifted pastry flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Let’s Start Baking!
- Start by preheating the oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Meanwhile, prepare a baking pan with some baking spray and line it up with parchment paper.
- Sieve flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl together. Then make a well in the center and add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Whisk all the ingredients together until well combined.
- Now bake for 20-30 minutes more in the preheated oven and voila! Your chocolate cake will be all ready to serve.
- Make sure you allow it to cool off completely before serving.
Vanilla Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup milk
Let’s Start Baking!
- Start by preheating the oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). On the other hand, flour a 9×9 inch pan and grease it generously with melted butter or baking spray.
- Take a medium sized mixing bowl and pour sugar and butter. Cream them together.
- Now add flour and baking powder to the mixture. Finally stir in the milk and give the batter a good mix.
- Pour the batter in the already prepared baking pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Your vanilla cake is ready to be relished.
Pineapple Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Let’s Start Baking!
- Grease a 9×13 baking pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Take a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar and baking soda. Give them a good mix.
- Now make a well at the centre and break in the eggs in it. Further add the crushed pineapples. Mix well until well combined.
- Bake for about 45 minutes or so or until the toothpick comes out clean, when pricked.
- For the frosting, you will need to whisk cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla together. Whisk all the ingredients together until well combined.
- Spread this frosting over warm cake and enjoy it to your heart’s delight.
So, these were pretty simple recipes that you can give a try baking at home. Don’t wait for any special occasion/festival to arrive to bake these cakes. These cake are sure to even take care of your cake cravings. So dig in!
