Delightful!

The weather outside is frightful, but the oven is so delightful! We were in a mood: to eat cake, to make cake, to try something new, and somehow the colour pink should be involved. So we opened up a new cookbook and found something to try but, was missing buttermilk and one more egg! Was not going outside to the "feels like -23°C" weather to buy buttermilk and eggs, so made the cake with milk and one less egg! Also left out the salt and baking powder too.

Above collage from top left going clockwise: Pink cream cheese frosting in a piping bag; mixing cream cheese frosting; our new sifter; our new sifter top view; and cake batter in 6-inch pan!

Vanilla Milk Cake

Altered majorly from Sky High's 6-inch vanilla buttermilk cake

(makes a 6-inch cake and 1 cupcake)

1 stick of butter

1 cup of sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups of cake flour

1/2 cup of milk

1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Using a mixer, beat the butter until fluffy. Incorporate the sugar.
3. Add the eggs one at a time and mix.
4. Next, add the flour and milk and mix.
5. Lastly, add in the vanilla extract and mix well.
6. Pour all the batter into a 6-inch cake pan or save an ice-cream scoop sized batter for a cupcake.
7. The cupcake will bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. Bake the cake for 45-55 minutes or until the cake tester came out clean.

The cake was very dense and moist, very nice and bouncy... haha if one can describe cake like that! My parents found it too sweet (as always) but, it was just what we needed. Also went for a messy look on the side of the cake. Howard loves cheese and we always wanted to make cream cheese frosting! This is where we could add our something pink...

Cream Cheese Frosting

From Cupcake Blog

(Makes 4-5 cups)

1-1/2 packages of Philly cream cheese
1/2 stick of butter at room temperature
4-5 cups of confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

1. Using a mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until creamy.
2. Add the confectioner's sugar and vanilla extra, mix until smooth and combined.
3. Fill your cake and frost it. For cupcakes, put frosting in piping bag with tip and make your swirl! Keep in mind, there will be leftover frosting.
4. We also tried out these Nut & Party cups to bake in, also inspired from Cupcake Blog!