Sweet 16 Birthday Cake
Wow! A beautiful Carrot Cake to celebrate in style and in fashion too.
You Will Need:
Method:
CakesThe cakes are easier to work with if made the day before. Prepare 2 ‘number’ cake pans (usually available for hire). Wrap the numbers in heavy foil to form a base.
Spray the inside with a non-stick spray or butter the pans. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Preheat oven to 180 °C.
Decant the dry flour mixes, from the foil packs, into a bowl. Add 4 T (60 ml) of the measured melted butter and toss it with the flour (this ensures a moist, light textured baked cake).
Beat eggs and remaining melted butter together for 30 seconds on high speed until well blended. Carry on beating while adding the oil.
Add warmed milk and beat briefly on high speed.
Add carrot and pineapple mixtures and beat it in.
Add the flour mix and gently fold it in by hand with a spatula. Mix until combined. It is important not to overmix.
Divide the mixture between prepared pans. Level the tops. Place cakes in the oven.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Cakes are done when a thin-bladed knife inserted into the centre comes out clean and the cakes pull away slightly form the sides of the pan.
Cool cakes in the pans for 10 minutes. Turn out on a cooling rack. Do not ice until cakes are completely cold.
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 120 °C. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper. Separate the eggs. The whites go into a spotlessly clean, medium-sized glass mixing bowl (not plastic).
Beat the egg whites with lemon juice using an electric beater on high speed until the whites stand up in soft peaks. (Do not add castor sugar until this stage). Now gradually add the castor sugar, little by little, while beating on high speed. You will end up with snow white, thick and shiny meringues.
Fold in the Maizena. Spoon or pipe smallish meringues onto the baking paper. Bake for 20 minutes, reduce temperature to 100 °C and dry the meringues out for a further hour or longer depending on size. Switch off the oven and leave the meringues to cool down in the oven.
Cream butter until soft. Add cream cheese and beat lightly until smooth. Add milk and beat in very briefly. Add Icing Mix and fold into mixture or beat in on slow speed until evenly blended. Add a little more milk to soften if the icing is too firm.
Spread the tops of the cooled cakes with cream cheese icing. Add garnishes as illustrated.
Sweet 16 Birthday Cake
Wow! A beautiful Carrot Cake to celebrate in style and in fashion too.
You Will Need:
Method:
CakesThe cakes are easier to work with if made the day before. Prepare 2 ‘number’ cake pans (usually available for hire). Wrap the numbers in heavy foil to form a base.
Spray the inside with a non-stick spray or butter the pans. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Preheat oven to 180 °C.
Decant the dry flour mixes, from the foil packs, into a bowl. Add 4 T (60 ml) of the measured melted butter and toss it with the flour (this ensures a moist, light textured baked cake).
Beat eggs and remaining melted butter together for 30 seconds on high speed until well blended. Carry on beating while adding the oil.
Add warmed milk and beat briefly on high speed.
Add carrot and pineapple mixtures and beat it in.
Add the flour mix and gently fold it in by hand with a spatula. Mix until combined. It is important not to overmix.
Divide the mixture between prepared pans. Level the tops. Place cakes in the oven.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Cakes are done when a thin-bladed knife inserted into the centre comes out clean and the cakes pull away slightly form the sides of the pan.
Cool cakes in the pans for 10 minutes. Turn out on a cooling rack. Do not ice until cakes are completely cold.
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 120 °C. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper. Separate the eggs. The whites go into a spotlessly clean, medium-sized glass mixing bowl (not plastic).
Beat the egg whites with lemon juice using an electric beater on high speed until the whites stand up in soft peaks. (Do not add castor sugar until this stage). Now gradually add the castor sugar, little by little, while beating on high speed. You will end up with snow white, thick and shiny meringues.
Fold in the Maizena. Spoon or pipe smallish meringues onto the baking paper. Bake for 20 minutes, reduce temperature to 100 °C and dry the meringues out for a further hour or longer depending on size. Switch off the oven and leave the meringues to cool down in the oven.
Cream butter until soft. Add cream cheese and beat lightly until smooth. Add milk and beat in very briefly. Add Icing Mix and fold into mixture or beat in on slow speed until evenly blended. Add a little more milk to soften if the icing is too firm.
Spread the tops of the cooled cakes with cream cheese icing. Add garnishes as illustrated.