Just like our mom, our dad is a significant person in our life. Having worked tirelessly day and night for his family, we will like to honour our superhero for his hard work.
This year, celebrate the fatherly figure in your life by making an extra-special dessert that he will surely love. Whatever your dad’s favourite dessert is, there’s a cake that will surely satisfy his sweet cravings from an online cake shop in Singapore.
While you can’t go wrong with what you decide to make for him on his special day, a homemade cake is a classic that won’t disappoint. After all, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. To give you an idea, read on to know the 3 delicious cake recipes to impress your big man on this special day.
1. Lemon Pound Cake
This heavy lemon pound cake is packed with heaps of fresh lemon juice and fragrant lemon zest, suitable for true lovers of the lemon dessert; it’s also perfect for anyone looking for a sweet to brighten their day.
Here are the things that you’ll need:
Cake
– 2 large eggs (keep it at room temperature)
– 1 ½ cup of all-purpose flour
– 1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder
– ½ cup buttermilk
– 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
– 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
– ½ cup unsalted butter (keep it at room temperature)
– 1 cup granulated sugar
– 1 tablespoon of lemon zest (shredded lemon skin)
– ½ teaspoon of salt
Lemon Icing
– 1 cup powdered sugar
– 1 tablespoon milk
– 1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice
Lemon Syrup
– 3 tablespoon powdered sugar
– ¼ cup lemon juice
Steps:
1. Preheat the oven to 177 degrees Celsius
2. Grease a 23 cm x 13 cm or a 20.3 cm x 10.1 cm loaf pan
3. Combine baking powder, salt, lemon zest, and flour in a bowl
4. Cream the sugar and butter in a mixer at medium-high speed for 4-6 minutes. Ensure that the mixture becomes fluffy
5. Add the eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract to the mixer and mix
6. Turn mixer to low speed and add ⅓ cup flour mixture and ½ cup of buttermilk
7. Scrape the batter into a loaf pan
8. Bake for 45-55 minutes until golden brown
9. Let the cake cool for 15 minutes
10. Mix the lemon juice and confectioners’ sugar for lemon syrup
11. Invert the loaf pan and transfer the cake to a cooling rack
12. Brush the lemon syrup on the cake while it’s still warm
13. Let the cake completely cool
14. Combine all icing ingredients (lemon juice, milk)
15. Pour icing over the cake and let it dry before serving
If your dad has a taste for lemons, get an extra lemon for the topping or a drizzle of sweet-tart lemon glaze. Make your dad’s special day brighter with a slice of this lemon pound cake.
2. Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake
If your dad is a chocolate lover, there’s no better cake recipe than this one. Aside from its delicious taste, it is pretty simple to make because it does not involve any baking.
Here are the things that you’ll need:
– 25g roughly chopped hazelnuts
– 4 tablespoon hazelnut chocolate spread
– 85g icing sugar
– 300ml double cream
– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
– 300g digestive biscuit (or semi-sweet plain biscuits)
– 15 hazelnut chocolate
– 140g of unsalted butter
Steps
1. Melt butter in a small pan over medium heat
2. Crush the biscuits to a fine crumb using a food processor
3. Add melted butter and pulse until mixed well
4. Tip mixture into a 23cm springform cake tin and press down firmly
5. Let the cheesecake base chill
6. Mix the cream cheese and icing sugar in a bowl
7. Whisk the cream and vanilla in a separate bowl
8. Stir through the chopped hazelnut chocolates
9. Spoon over the biscuit base and smooth with a spatula
10. Cover with cling film and chill for at least 6 hours
11. Place the chocolate hazelnut spread in a saucepan and melt for 3-4 minutes
12. Let it cool slightly before spreading the cheesecake
13. Decorate with chocolates and hazelnuts
14. Chill before serving
Although you do not need an oven for this, it’s still a treat that your dad will appreciate, because you went through the effort into turning the ingredients into a dessert that he will love. This recipe is great for beginners, especially if you are not confident about operating that electric appliance.
3. Banana Cake with Passion Fruit Frosting
Thoughts of adding more nutritional elements into your cakes? Banana Cake with Fruit Frosting is the perfect dessert for your health-conscious dad. This product brings you to the tropics through Italy, where the vine-ripened fruit is utilised in sodas and all kinds of desserts.
Here are the things that you’ll need:
Cake
– 1 stick of unsalted butter
– 1 ⅔ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
– 1 teaspoon baking powder
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
– ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
– 3 well-mashed medium ripe bananas (1 cup)
– ½ teaspoon baking soda
– ¾ cup sour cream
– 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
– 4 large eggs
Frosting
– 1 pound of cream cheese
– 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
– 4 tbsp unsalted butter
– ¼ cup fresh passion-fruit juice
Steps
1. Preheat the oven to 177 degrees Celsius
2. Layer the bottom of the baking pan with butter (ideally, the baking pan should be 23 cm x 33 cm or 20.3 cm x 30.5 cm)
3. Line a parchment paper, and brush the paper with butter as well
4. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in a bowl
5. Combine the eggs and granulated sugar
6. Beat until thick and pale
7. Add flour mixture then beat to mix
8. Add cinnamon, vanilla, bananas, and butter then beat to mix
9. Add sour cream then beat until smooth
10. Scrape batter into the baking pan
11. Bake for about 30 to 35 minutes until the top springs back when lightly touched
12. Let it cool for 10 minutes
13. Lift the cake out of the pan and let it cool completely
14. For the frosting, beat cream cheese, sugar, passion fruit juice and butter together for about 5 minutes
15. Spread over top of cake and drizzle with passion-fruit pulp
With a combination of the sweet yet healthy passion-fruit and banana, your dad can enjoy this treat without worrying about the health aspects. When preparing this recipe, it’s important to know the handy tricks to improve your baking speed.
Conclusion
Celebrate this day by baking a cake for your dad or buy a cake online to show him how thankful you are.
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