The Number Cake/Tart Cake

Name: The Number Cake/Tart Cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, cubed, cold; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3 cups flour; 3 tsp milk(if dough is a bit hard); Other ingredients; Your desired topping options; I used strawberries, raspberries, apple slices, oreos; Whipping cream/Butter cream; Number or letter templates(available from Pintrest)

Pure @purecookseverything

Nyandarua

Nothing is impossible till you try it out.... Enjoy the tart cake tutorial

Pure @purecookseverything

Nyandarua

Nothing is impossible till you try it out.... Enjoy the tart cake tutorial

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Ingredients

1 cupunsalted butter, cubed, cold
1 cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 pinchsalt
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
3 cupsflour
3 tspmilk(if dough is a bit hard)
Other ingredients
Your desired topping options
I used strawberries, raspberries, apple slices, oreos
Whipping cream/Butter cream
Number or letter templates(available from Pintrest)

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Steps

1

Get all your ingredients ready
2

Making The Sugar Cookie Dough
Beat your butter and sugar till creamy and airy. Add in vanilla essence and egg and beat for a few more seconds. Add in your salt and baking powder. Use a spatula or hand/stand mixer with dough attachments for this. You can use your hands too once you start adding the flour. Do so in bits till a smooth dough forms. Add some milk if the dough feels a bit hard. Good news, no need to refrigerate dough, thanks to the cold butter.
3

Cutting the desired shape
I had a number two template(downloaded and printed from Pintrest). Place it on a rolled out dough and trace out the figure. Do so on a floured wax/grease paper.
4

Make two of them (or depending on how many you need) and place on a baking sheet(with the wax paper on). Put it in a preheated oven at 200 degrees C for about 5-8 minutes. Do not over-bake it or it will become too hard. Remove it and let it cool before decorating it
5

Decorating your cake
Whip your cream till stiff peaks form. Prepare your buttercream if you prefer that.
Get your cookie ready. Pour your buttercream/whipping cream into a piping bag. You can use the nozzle with a circle tip or cut the tip of your reusable piping bag(It gives a dollop-kind of presentation).
Start by decorating one of the cookie layers. Gently place the second layer and do the same.
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Disclaimer: I used the star-tip for the second layer of cookie.
You can now decorate your cake as you please. Fruits, chocolate, chocolate shavings, oreos, and flowers are some of the options. Get creative
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Another option
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And cutting the cake is no messy affair… Tip: Do not over-bake it