The moment you fix the date of your wedding, planning everything starts. Wedding Cake is the best part of the wedding. Many people order it online or in stores. However, you can also bake a cake at home. It will also add a personal touch.
Wedding Cake: Best Recipe To Bake
Elderflower And Lemon Cake
You can easily prepare this wedding cake at home. The flowers in the cake are edible and give great looks.
Ingredients Required To Prepare The Cake
Oil
Six medium size eggs
100grams of plain yogurt
50ml of milk
450grams of butter
459grams of golden caster sugar
One lemon zest (grated)
450grams of raising flour
Three tablespoons of elderflower cordial
To Prepare The Icing
250grams of softened butter
300grams of fat cheese cream
700grams of icing sugar
One lemon zest(grated)
Fresh flowers
How To Make A Wedding Cake?
Step One
Firstly preheat the oven at 160C. Take a 20cm baking cake tins and line the base with parchment paper. Next, grease the sides with oil. Take a jug and mix the milk, yogurt, and eggs. In another large bowl combine the sugar and butter with an electric whisk. One the mixture gets fluffy, and lightly adds the flour and liquid in the jug along with some lemon zest. Please remix it to get a smooth texture. Next, divide the mixture into cans and bake it for forty minutes.
Step Two
The second step is to prepare the elderflower mixture. Firstly, make a mixture of lemon juice and cordial of the elderflower. By this time the cakes bake. To check if it cooks appropriately, pokes the cake surface with a toothpick. Gently add the elderflower syrup and the lemon over the cake. Keep it in the tins to cool it down. Then, you can wrap it and keep for three days.
Step Three
The third step is to prepare the icing. By using an electric hand whisk, beat the butter to get a smooth texture. Then add half of the icing sugar and mix it. You can whisk it again to prevent the formation of sugar clouds. Then add the cream cheese, icing sugar, and lemon zest together. Remix it until it forms a smooth texture.
Step Four
Finally, place the cakes on the top of a cake stand by icing each layer of the cake. Add the remaining of the icing on top of the cake. Next, gently spread the frosting with a palette knife from top to bottom. If you find any patches on the cake, go ahead and cover it with the icing. Finally, the cake is ready. You can decorate it with fresh flowers.
On the modern era, baking wedding cakes at home is not standard. However, it was very famous in the early days. Today, people mostly order their cakes online or in stores. Many people still prefer to bake their cake at home for a special occasion. These cakes take time to prepare but are easy to make with a tome in hand. You can decorate the cake as per your choice.