You don't really need a special occasion to bake. Do you?

Try these all time favourite cake recipes.

Chocolate Bundt Cake

• 30 gm butter (unsalted)
• 2 ¼ cups of flour
• ¾ cup of cocoa powder
• ½ cup of milk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs

Method

• Take a Bundt pan and brush it with molten butter, while keeping in mind that the butter is applied intricately all over the pan.
• Make sure your oven is preheated to 325 degrees F (162 degrees Celsius).
• Beat the flour and stir it well with cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Mix milk with sour cream in a glass.
• Beat the sugar and butter together till it gets fluffy.
• Add eggs to this blend, one at a time, and beat the whole thing again.
• Add to it the flour mixture and the milk mixture and beat it well so that the entire blend becomes smooth.
• Finally, put the entire batter on the buttered pan and bake. You are free to choose your favourite toppings.

Quick Sunshine Cake

Ingredients

• A package of readymade cake mix (18.25 ounces)
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• Crushed mandarin oranges with the juice (11 ounces)
• Crushed pineapple with juice (20 ounces)
• Vanilla pudding mix (5 ounces)

Method

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
• Keep some frozen whipped cream at your disposal. You could either get it directly from the store or make it at home.
• Beat the eggs and then add the product to the readymade cake mix.
• Add oil and mandarin oranges to the batter.
• Empty the batter out into a pan (preferably 9 x 13-inch, greased).
• Bake the cake for 40 minutes.
• Prepare the icing by mixing the whipped cream, vanilla pudding mix and the pineapple juice.
• Finally, refrigerate it and use it on top of the cake after it has cooled to normal temperature.

Easy Lemon Pound Cake

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter (melted)
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• ¼ cup sugar

Method

• Mix sugar (1 cup) and the butter.
• Add eggs and lemon juice to the concoction and mix it well.
• Add salt, flour and baking powder to the resultant mixture.
• After blending, add some more milk and mix it again.
• Bake your cake at 325 degrees F (for almost an hour until it turns golden brown in colour).
• Use a toothpick to make holes on the top of the cake after you have taken it out of the oven.
• Make a mixture of lemon juice and sugar (¼ cup) and pour it carefully into the holes.
• Serve it warm and see the cake vanish in a jiffy!

Apple Cinnamon Cake

• 2 apples (diced)
• 125 gm butter
• 125 gm flour
• 125 gm castor sugar
• 25 gm honey
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp cinnamon

For icing

• 125 gm cream cheese
• 1 tbsp cardamom
• 50 ml whipped cream

Method

• Whisk sugar with the butter and add flour as well as eggs to the mixture; mix it well.
• Add the honey, cinnamon and apples to the blend.
• Bake the resultant batter to 170 degrees Celsius.
• Whip the cream cheese, cardamom and whipped cream to make the frosting.
• Cut the cake into wedges and serve it warm.

Strawberry Ice cream Cake

Ingredients

• 700-750 ml vanilla ice cream
• 20 strawberries, cut into small pieces
• ½ cup dense (preferably white) cream

Method

• Place a parchment paper/foil on the bottom of a spring-form pan.
• Put it inside the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Use an electric mixer to beat and smoothen the ice cream.
• Add the strawberries to the blend and mix it again. You could do it with a hand-stirrer this time around.
• Transfer this mixture to the pan (should be chilled by now) and freeze it for 2 hours.
• Whip the dense white cream and spread it all over your cake.

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