Instant Birthday Cake

Name: Instant Birthday Cake
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: For red velvet birthday cake; 2 tbsp softened butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup room temperature yoghurt; 3/4 cup room temperature milk; 1 cup + 2 tbsp flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla flavor; Pinch salt; 1 1/2 cups flour; 2/3 cups cocoa powder; 3/4 cups sugar; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp oil or melted butter; 1 3/4 cups + 2 tbsp warm milk or water

Fatima Aliyu @fatma_aliyuu

Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

This cake is easy, moist and so delicious. Made in the microwave in less than an hour.

Fatima Aliyu @fatma_aliyuu

Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

This cake is easy, moist and so delicious. Made in the microwave in less than an hour.

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Ingredients

For red velvet birthday cake
Instant red velvet cake
For vanilla birthday cake
2 tbspsoftened butter
1/2 cupsugar
1/4 cuproom temperature yoghurt
3/4 cuproom temperature milk
1 cup+ 2 tbsp flour
2 tspbaking powder
1 tspvanilla flavor
Pinchsalt
For chocolate birthday cake
1 1/2 cupsflour
2/3 cupscocoa powder
3/4 cupssugar
3 tspbaking powder
1/2 cup+ 1 tbsp oil or melted butter
1 3/4 cups+ 2 tbsp warm milk or water

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Steps

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Check out my red velvet cake recipe

Instant red velvet cake
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For vanilla cake: cream the sugar and butter in a bowl with a whisk.
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Add plain yoghurt and mix.
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Add the dry ingredients and then the milk and mix till no lumps.
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Grease a microwaveable container and place parchment paper, pour the cake batter and smooth the surface with a spatula.
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Microwave for 8-10 minutes.
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Let it cool for 10 minutes in the container then turn over on a board to cool completely.
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Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl
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Add oil and hot water and mix well (batter should be runny).
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Pour into a greased microwaveable container and microwave for 8-10 minutes.
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Allow cake to sit for 5 minutes in the container then turn over to cool completely.
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For chocolate cake:
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Arrange your cake and decorate it as desired. Use any frosting *hint* chocolate frosting 😋 enjoy

Chocolate fudge frosting
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NB: use only microwaveable containers. Cooking time varies on the microwave and the container used. Make sure to do toothpick test to know if it’s done. If it’s not done after 5 minutes, keep an eye on it and add 2 more minutes and so forth. Don’t let the it cook for more than 10 minutes.