WHITE AND PINK CAKE

Hey love-birds! Have you been looking for a perfect Valentine’s Day recipe? Look no further! This White and Pink Cake is pretty and much more.

I love how this recipe of White and Pink Cake is actually very basic ( which means you won’t mess up) but actually looks so fancy. I decorated this cake with pink carnations because hey, Valentine’s Day!

Use the best quality vanilla beans/ vanilla extract for this cake. This recipe uses eggs but you can replace the eggs with one and a half cup yogurt. Happy Baking!

INGREDIENTS-

CAKE-

• 2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
• 4 tea-spoons baking powder
• 1 + 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanila extract
• 1/4 cup milk

FROSTING-

• 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
• pink food colouring

Fresh flowers, to decorate.

PROCEDURE

• Lightly brush your cake pans with oil/ butter and dust with all purpose flour. Line with parchment paper. Pre-heat your over to 180C.
• In a medium bowl, combine all purpose flour and baking powder. Whisk until well combined.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until the mixture becomes light and fluffy, for about 5-7 minutes.
• Add eggs, one by one, mixing well after each edition. Beat in vanilla extract.
• Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three batches, alternating with milk. Do not over mix.
• Evenly divide the batter into 2 pans and bake for 40 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the centre comes out clean
• For the frosting, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add icing sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each edition. Add pink colour.
• Once the cakes have cooled completely, layer and assemble them. Decorate with fresh flowers.