12/25/2024
Recipe for a Basic Pink and White Birthday Cake🎂🧁🍰:
Ingredients:
For the Cake:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole milk, room temperature
Pink food coloring
For the Buttercream Frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pink and white food coloring
Instructions:
1.Preheat the Oven:
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
2.Prepare the Cake Batter:
-In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
-In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
-Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
-Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
-Divide the batter into two bowls. Add pink food coloring to one bowl and mix until the desired shade is achieved.
3.Bake the Cakes:
-Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans, one with the pink batter and one with the plain batter.
-Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
-Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
4.Prepare the Buttercream Frosting:
-In a large bowl, beat the butter until creamy.
-Gradually add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
-Add the heavy cream and vanilla extract, and beat until light and fluffy.
-Divide the frosting into two bowls. Add pink food coloring to one bowl and mix until the desired shade is achieved.
5.Assemble the Cake:
-Place the plain cake layer on a serving plate. Spread a layer of pink frosting on top.
-Place the pink cake layer on top of th