FoodEasy and flavorful homemade cake recipe with versatile toppings to impress your guests

Easy and flavorful homemade cake recipe with versatile toppings to impress your guests

This cake tastes good to everyone without exception.
This cake tastes good to everyone without exception.
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2:33 PM EST, January 2, 2024

There's always space for one more excellent homemade baking idea, particularly if it's a quick, easy, few-ingredient endeavor. And that's precisely what this brilliant homemade cake recipe offers.

A fluffy cake enhanced with candied orange peel and dried raisins is a perfect zesty inclusion to your winter menu. Moreover, owing to its versatility, each time you serve this homemade treat, you can top it off with different decorations, keeping it exciting. Options range from classic powdered sugar to chocolate or homemade icing, colorful sprinkles, or even a caramel drizzle. As you can sense, the possibilities are endless!

Our quick, effortless-to-make, and extremely delicious homemade cake is ready to impress. Your guests will be pleasantly surprised every single time!

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz fresh yeast,
  • 1 teaspoon sugar,
  • 0.53 cups of lukewarm milk,
  • 8.82 oz soft butter,
  • 5.29 oz powdered sugar,
  • 5 eggs,
  • 1.1 lbs of wheat flour,
  • 7.05 oz raisins,
  • 3.53 oz candied orange peel.

Preparation:

Step 1. I kick-start the cake's preparation by creating a yeast leaven. For this, I crumble fresh yeast and combine it with warm milk and sugar in a bowl using a small kitchen whisk.

This mixture is then set aside to rise for 20 minutes before proceeding to the next step of the recipe.

First, I prepare a yeast-based mixture.
First, I prepare a yeast-based mixture.© Licensor | Pyszności

Step 2. I cut the butter into smaller pieces and put them into the mixer bowl. I then add powdered sugar and begin blending the ingredients.

Step 3. The mixer bowl then receives additional ingredients: eggs and flour. To this, I add the previously prepared leaven, dried raisins, and candied orange peel.

Next, I combine butter and powdered sugar in the mixer.
Next, I combine butter and powdered sugar in the mixer.© Licensor | Pyszności

Step 4. The dough at this stage is covered and set aside to rise, a process that takes approximately 2 hours.

I add to the mixture, among other things, a previously prepared starter.
I add to the mixture, among other things, a previously prepared starter.© Licensor | Pyszności

Step 5. Subsequently, I transfer the dough to a baking form, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise again, this time for 30 minutes. After this duration, the dough goes into a preheated oven and bakes for 60 minutes at 302 degrees Fahrenheit.

I set aside the yeast dough to rise.
I set aside the yeast dough to rise.© Licensor | Pyszności

Step 6. As previously mentioned, the baked cake can be served with your favorite toppings. Enjoy your meal!

Time for a short visit to the oven.
Time for a short visit to the oven.© Licensor | Pyszności
The cake from this recipe comes out perfectly fluffy.
The cake from this recipe comes out perfectly fluffy.© Licensor | Pyszności