A cake is a sweet baked food that usually contains a binding agent, a sweetening agent and a leavening agent. This dessert has various types, which include the Ruske Kape, cheesecakes, sponge cakes and butter cakes. If you want to learn how to bake a cake, it is important that you also learn the basics in pastry decoration because this can make the dessert more luscious and enticing to eat. Below are simple recipes that you can follow if you want to serve a tasty and delicious treat at home.
Ricotta Cake
For this scrumptious dessert, you should have a medium package of yellow cake mix, two pounds ricotta cheese and ¾ cup white sugar. Aside from these ingredients, it is important that you have four eggs and a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Set the oven to 175 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit, then preheat oven. Brush a tablespoon of olive oil in the pan. Follow the instructions in the mix to prepare it appropriately. Mix the ricotta cheese, vanilla, eggs and sugar in a bowl. Continue mixing until it becomes smooth. Gently pour the mixture on the uncooked cake. Place the baking dish inside the oven and bake the dessert for one and a half hour. Drizzle the dessert with sugar and serve.
Simple Sponge Cake
To prepare the treat, you need three eggs, ½ cup superfine sugar or castor sugar and 2/3 cup self-rising flour. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius or 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Brush a baking pan with olive oil or castor oil. Whip the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until the mixture becomes fluffy. Fold the mixture in flour. Transfer the flour mixture in the baking pan. Bake the dessert for 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool down before serving.
Simple Cheesecake
To make the dessert, you need a small pack of softened cream cheese, three jumbo eggs, 2/3 cup sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. For the crust, you will use 20 vanilla wafers, four tablespoons soft butter and three tablespoons sugar. Use a food processors to mix or combine the wafers. Add in the sugar and butter. Press the mixture in a baking pan. Place the pan in an oven that was preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the dessert for 10 minutes to 15 minutes. Top the dessert with cream cheese and return to oven. Bake for 30 minutes to 40 minutes.
