Soso’s Birthday Cake

Description

Birthday cakes are made up of 2 essential parts, and many other non-essential parts too. This cake is made up of a chocolate cake which is similar to my OG Chocolate Cake, and an American buttercream frosting. While this particular frosting is not my personal fave, it had birthday guests telling me it’s the best they’ve ever had. I didn’t add any fillings other than the cream, sometimes you can add fruits, sprinkles, caramels, crushed biscuits, or even syrups. I like simplicity and the flavors were more than enough in my opinion. Besides, if you’re new at this I would hold off on adding more things into the fillings off the cake before your technique is sturdy. To begin with you will need any mixer and 4 cake pans 8” (or 20 cm) in diameter. You will also need a turntable. You can also use a piping bag, an offset spatula and a cake scraper to get the most beautiful results. However, if you don’t have these you can still make a decent cake but the finishing will not be as perfect.

Soso's Birthday Cake

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Ingredients

  

Chocolate Cake Base

• 400 g Sifted Flour (3 cups)
• 600 g White, Brown or Mix Sugar (3 cups)
• 100 g Sifted Cocoa Powder (1 cup)
• 1 tbsp Baking Soda
• 1 tbsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 160 ml Vegetable Oil (2/3 cup)
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tbsp Vanilla
• 380 ml Milk
• 380 ml Boiling Water (1.5 cup)
• 2 tsp Coffee Powder (1.5 cup)

Frosting

• 450 g Unsalted Butter
• 900 g Icing Sugar
• 2 tbsp Vanilla
• 4 tbsp Whipping Cream
• 0.5 tsp Salt

Instructions

 

Chocolate Cake Base

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Brush the 8” pans with oil and line the bottom of it with a baking paper disc. Then line the sides with cocoa powder. Set aside.
• In a big bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk.
• Then, using a stand mixer (or a hand mixer) add in the wet ingredients, one by one. The oil, then the egg, vanilla, milk, and last, (slowly) the boiling water + coffee.
• Pour the cake mix into the pans equally and bake at 180 degrees C for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out with little crumbs.

Frosting

• Place the butter in the mixer on low speed and cream it.
• As the butter is mixing, add the salt and icing sugar.
• At this point the ingredients should be well mixed. Add in the salt and vanilla extract. Then increase the mixer speed to medium and add in the whipping cream to make cream smooth.
• Finally, once you’ve followed all the steps, gently mix the cream with a spatula to remove air bubbles before layering it on your cake.

Layering

• Once the cake is completely cooled down, layer the cream evenly between all the layers. Add a thin layer of frosting, refrigerate and then add another thicker one. Decorate it as you like.

Notes

I like using Raw sugar here.

You can use any milk you want making the cake dairy free. 

Mix the Coffee Powder with the boiling water.