First Birthday Cake with Delicious Frosting
Children of every age love chocolate cakes. If you bake one for the first birthday of your youngster, you will definitely get the reward for being star mom in the form of heaps of hugs and kisses from the kids at the birthday. Here is a simple first birthday cake recipes with delicious chocolate frosting.
Items you will need for the chocolate cake recipe and frosting:
Cake:
- Cocoa powder - 1 cup
- Boiling hot water - Two (2) cups
- Soft and unsalted butter at room temperature - 1 cup
- Sugar - Two and a half (2 1/2) cups
- Eggs - Four (4)
- All-purpose flour - Two and three-quarter cups
- Sodium bicarbonate - 2 1/4 teaspoons
- A pinch of salt
- Vanilla extract or essence - 1 1/2 teaspoons
Frosting:
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips - 1 packet
- Half and half cream - 1/2 cup (you can use full cream too, but add some milk to it)
- Unsalted butter at room temperature - Three-quarters of a cup
- Icing sugar - Two and a half (2 1/2) cups
For decoration:
- Mixed fruit jam - 1 cup
- Edible silver balls - One (1) packet
- Colorful chocolate gems - 1 packet
To prepare the cake:
- Beat the eggs and sugar in a deep mixing bowl.
- Add the butter and whisk some more until you get a fluffy texture.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- Dissolve the cocoa powder in the boiling hot water and allow the mix to cool.
- Add this mix to the butter-egg mix then beat some more till you get a smooth batter.
- Mix together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Then add the dry ingredients to the prepared batter, a spoonful at a time, and beat again to get the cake batter to dropping consistency.
- Grease a 9 inch baking pan and pour the batter in the pan.
- Bake in a heated oven at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
- Once the baking time is finished, remove from the oven and let the cake cool on a cooling rack.
Method for the frosting:
- Over a double boiler, melt the butter and chocolate chips.
- Remove from the stove and mix in the cream and icing sugar.
- Whisk to mix well and your chocolate frosting is ready.
Method for assembling the cake:
- Leave the cake to cool completely before starting to assemble.
- Cut the cake in the middle horizontally.
- Place the bottom layer on a serving plate.
- Spread a generous amount of frosting over the bottom layer of cake and cover with the top layer.
- Spread the rest of the frosting on the cake and cover all the sides.
- Put the mixed fruit jam in a piping bag and decorate all sides of the cake in any design you like.
- Use the silver balls and chocolate gems to cover the cake on all sides.
- Place the decorated cake in the fridge for two (2) hours to let everything set before serving.
Items you will need for the chocolate cake recipe and frosting:
Cake:
- Cocoa powder - 1 cup
- Boiling hot water - Two (2) cups
- Soft and unsalted butter at room temperature - 1 cup
- Sugar - Two and a half (2 1/2) cups
- Eggs - Four (4)
- All-purpose flour - Two and three-quarter cups
- Sodium bicarbonate - 2 1/4 teaspoons
- A pinch of salt
- Vanilla extract or essence - 1 1/2 teaspoons
Frosting:
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips - 1 packet
- Half and half cream - 1/2 cup (you can use full cream too, but add some milk to it)
- Unsalted butter at room temperature - Three-quarters of a cup
- Icing sugar - Two and a half (2 1/2) cups
For decoration:
- Mixed fruit jam - 1 cup
- Edible silver balls - One (1) packet
- Colorful chocolate gems - 1 packet
To prepare the cake:
- Beat the eggs and sugar in a deep mixing bowl.
- Add the butter and whisk some more until you get a fluffy texture.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- Dissolve the cocoa powder in the boiling hot water and allow the mix to cool.
- Add this mix to the butter-egg mix then beat some more till you get a smooth batter.
- Mix together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Then add the dry ingredients to the prepared batter, a spoonful at a time, and beat again to get the cake batter to dropping consistency.
- Grease a 9 inch baking pan and pour the batter in the pan.
- Bake in a heated oven at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
- Once the baking time is finished, remove from the oven and let the cake cool on a cooling rack.
Method for the frosting:
- Over a double boiler, melt the butter and chocolate chips.
- Remove from the stove and mix in the cream and icing sugar.
- Whisk to mix well and your chocolate frosting is ready.
Method for assembling the cake:
- Leave the cake to cool completely before starting to assemble.
- Cut the cake in the middle horizontally.
- Place the bottom layer on a serving plate.
- Spread a generous amount of frosting over the bottom layer of cake and cover with the top layer.
- Spread the rest of the frosting on the cake and cover all the sides.
- Put the mixed fruit jam in a piping bag and decorate all sides of the cake in any design you like.
- Use the silver balls and chocolate gems to cover the cake on all sides.
- Place the decorated cake in the fridge for two (2) hours to let everything set before serving.
About the Author:
About the Author:Yves Casson has a rich background in pastry and baking.His flair for traditional cake recipes can be found at Cake Recipe Secrets.Yves latest amazing recipe is this First Birthday Cake Recipes with delicious chocolate frosting.
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