05 October 2013

1-2-3-4 Cake

1-2-3-4 cake
I am crazy about cakes. Piece of cake = Slice of heaven !! Lick Lips . This cake 1-2-3-4 is the one that I made first time in my life and then most of the time I follow the same with my tweaks here and there and the reason being 1-2-3-4 represents the quantities of the "main" ingredients required for the cake and so it is so easy to remember especially for dementia-tic me as I do have my Ghajini moments (you know short term memory at times-my brain freezes & my eyes keep rolling like this->) Nervousand therefore my ultimate foolproof  "go to" cake recipe this is.My hearty thanks to the one who invented this recipe Kiss and Thank You.

Whenever I bake I always think of my mom who used to make a cake in a pressure cooker initially and then gradually in her oven but without any hand/stand mixer .. Something that I can hardly imagine but I want to learn as well!! And the cake would turn out to be super moist and yummy!! I've even heard during olden times people used to bake in a pan directly over the stove and there it was a perfect cake !Well, I guess a cooking/Baking experto can make or bake anything anywhere  irrespective of any hi-fi equipments to aid for the same. Right? 


Right now I am quite happy with this easy to bake recipe .This time it was bit skeptical yet fun .Skeptical because I wanted to dedicate this very same cake to two distinguished legend of the world -Our Father of our nation(India),Gandhi ji and Father of the digital revolution,Steve Jobs in their sweet memory.I took a print out and used them as Stencil .. The Apple came out good,was not a big deal but when it came to Gandhi ji's pic it was tough ,I drew myself later and it turned out not that bad I believe.(By the way that reminded me once I got a first prize for drawing Gandhiji at school too..yayyy Dancing with joy) .So this cake was super fun. Something different for me .I used powdered sugar on top of the cake . I also used the same batter to make mini cakes as well. So, it was like a 3 in 1 cake or Fun.

This is how I made my ek do theen char ...../1234 cake .

1234 Cake

Ingredients

Butter - 1 cup
Sugar- 2 cup
All purpose flour/Maida (Sifted) - 3 cups
Eggs-4 nos.
Baking Powder - 1 tablespoon
Milk- 1 cup
Salt- 1/2 teaspoon
Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon (optional)
Pink color a drop or two (optional)


Preparation method

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  • Grease and put a little flour into the cake pan so that the cake doesn't stick to the pan after baking and will be easier to take it out.
  • Using a hand/stand mixer cream butter until fluffy, adding sugar gradually into it.
  • Now add eggs one by one.
  • Add all dry ingredients into it , starting and ending with flour though.
  • Add vanilla or your preferred flavor with the lemon juice finally and continue to beat until everything gets mixed properly.
  • Now pour the mixture into the greased cake pan .
  • Bake it for an hour or until done (Check by inserting a toothpick and it should come out clean).
  • Allow the cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes and later turn it onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Then frost it /ice it , decorate it or just BITE IT .Eating Pie<-like me :D
Note:
  1. I felt like eating a pink cake.. You know strange me, strange cravings already :P .. I love the pink color , almost every gal's fave color right...So I added a drop of pink color. You don't have to .It's delish whatsoever.
  2. I really don't exactly remember the recipe source as I scribbled it down long time back in my book. It was from the internet though.