Yummy cake recipes

Coconut Cake


Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
2 cups -All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1-1/3 cups Sugar
1 cup Whole Milk
1/2 tsp Salt
3 Eggs

How to make Coconut Cake:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C.
Now grease a 10 by 2 inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of wax paper or parchment.
Grease paper and dust pan with flour.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt, mix well.
Beat butter with mixer till creamy.
Gradually beat in sugar on medium speed till pale and smooth.
Add vanilla essence to it, keep stirring.
Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixture may look curdled at this time.
Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk in 3 batches over low speed.
Raise the speed to medium and beat batter 1-1/2 minutes till soft, now fold in coconut.
Spoon batter into the cake pan and spread uniformly.
Bake cake in the middle of the oven till golden brown for about 45 to 50 minutes at the temp of 175 C.
Cool cake in the pan on a rack for about 1 hour, then invert onto the rack.
Remove paper and invert again onto another rack to cool completely.
Coconut Cake is ready to serve.


Chocolate Cake



Ingredients:

2 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups sifted cake flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Grease and flour two medium layer baking pans.
Mix flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, salt and soda . Add eggs, shortening, vanilla, water and milk; beat on low speed for 3 minutes.
Pour batter into pans. Bake in preheated 350° oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
Let cool in pans on a rack for 15 minutes; remove and place layers directly on racks. Cool completely.