Baking a birthday cake at home is the perfect way to spend time with the family. In addition, it is a rich and beautiful way for the honoree to enjoy preparing the cake with which they will blow out their birthday candles. There are countless recipes to make birthday cakes, from the simplest to the most creative.
It doesn't really matter what it is the cakeThe most important thing is the care that is put into preparing it and that in the end shows in the result. But there is no doubt that we always want a birthday cake to please everyone, therefore, we bring you this easy, traditional recipe that never fails. The most famous cake on birthdays and that everyone likes the same, the famous grandmother's cake.
Birthday cake recipe
This recipe admits many variations, you can create different layers with different flavors, like strawberry cream, dulce de leche, white chocolate or a rich nougat cream. You can also change the choice of cookies, although it is important that they have a good consistency since they form the base of the cake. As for the decoration, if you want to have fun with the children, prepare some bowls with chocolate shavings.
You can also use colored sugar stars or any other special cake ingredient. In any supermarket you can find a wide variety of decorations, food coloring and all kinds of ingredients to decorate cakes. Now, we are going with the simplest and most delicious recipe for the famous grandmother's cake, the best birthday cake in the world.
Grandma's cake recipe
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This is the simplest recipe for the famous grandmother's cake or cookie cake. The special touch is given by the hot chocolate, which is creamy and delicious with the cookies and custard. You can use another type of chocolate, such as the one marketed for confectionery. However, this type of chocolate hardens when it cools and will be less light when it comes to drinking it. The result is also delicious, but children tend to like chocolate more when it is lighter and softer.
Ingredients:
- Cookies Maria type
- Milk
- Chocolate to make a cup
- Custard to prepare at home
Preparation:
- First we are going to prepare the custard cream following the instructions on the package.
- Now we prepare a hot chocolate not too thick.
- To assemble the cake, we will need a container with enough depth and broad.
- In a bowl, we put warm milk and go dipping the cookies lightly.
- We place the cookies in the bottom of the source, taking care to cover the entire surface well.
- We put a layer of chocolate and we spread with a shovel.
- We put a layer of cookies again slightly soaked in milk.
- Now we put a layer of custard cream and we spread well.
- We are forming layers with the custard and the chocolate, until they are completely finished or until the mold allows us.
- We always finish with a layer of chocolate.
- We put the container in the fridge and let cool for at least 2 hours, so that the chocolate and custard acquire the necessary consistency.
Decoration time
This cake is delicious as is, but being a birthday cake we can add some decoration. The simplest is sprinkle some stars over the chocolate of sugar or some chocolate shavings. You can also prepare a glaze with food coloring, if you put it in a pastry bag you can make a drawing on the cake, or write the name of the honoree.
The important thing is that you let the children participate in the making of this cake. Since no dangerous kitchen utensils or materials are to be used, it is the perfect recipe to make with children. They will have a great time dipping the cookies in the milk, layering the custard and chocolate, and most of all, scrubbing the remains of the spoon.