Is the birthday party approaching? Do not know what cake to cook for a boy for 4 years? Facing the choice of self-cooking and buying a dessert store? We will help you make a choice and tell you what to cook for your baby's birthday.
It is best to make a cake for a boy for 4 years without mastic. Since it does not take much time and effort. It is also worth noting that not everyone will like this decoration. Cakes for a boy for 4 years with mastic are quite difficult to prepare, and there is always a chance that the coating will not work and the product will be damaged. To prevent this, use the simple recipe for making mastic, shown in the video below.
And then we prepared for you several easy recipes for delicious desserts, as well as a couple of unusual, so to speak, whipped up.
Sponge Cake with Fruit Jam
Required Products:
- flour 300 grams;
- margarine 150 grams;
- salt;
- sugar 100 grams;
- fruit jam;
- 3 eggs
Cooking method:
- mix the flour with margarine, brought to room temperature;
- beat eggs with a mixer and add sugar, bring the resulting mixture to a uniform color and condition;
- pour the egg into flour, add a pinch of salt and knead the dough;
- grease the mold with oil and transfer our dough into it;
- bake a biscuit at a temperature of 160 degrees for 30 minutes.
While preparing the base for the cake, we can proceed to the preparation of protein cream.
How to make custard at home?
Ingredients:
- milk 150 ml;
- granulated sugar 100 grams;
- butter 100 grams;
- powdered sugar.
Heat the milk over medium heat, add sugar and butter. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour powdered sugar into it. Stirring with a spatula, keep on fire for 5 minutes and remove the saucepan from the stove.
Before making out the product, the cream should cool to room temperature.
Collecting a sponge cake
We take the biscuit out of the oven, cool it, put it on the table and cut it into two parts. Lubricate the bottom with fruit jam and cover with the second half. Using custard, coat the sides and the top of the biscuit cake for the boy for 4 years (photo of the finished product below) and proceed to the design.
Dessert decoration depends entirely on your preferences and imagination. A 4-year-old birthday cake for a boy may include decorating with small marmalades, sugar jellies, and viscous marshmallows.
Chocolate sponge cake with sugar syrup
To receive the most tender cake for a boy for 4 years, you will need the following products:
- flour 250 g;
- margarine 150 g;
- cocoa powder 100 g;
- cream 200 g;
- vanillin;
- cinnamon;
- eggs 3 pcs.;
- cane sugar 150 g
First of all, knead the dough:
- beat eggs, sugar and vanillin with a whisk or mixer until smooth;
- grind flour with margarine;
- add the egg mixture, cocoa and cinnamon to the flour;
- knead the dough and transfer it to the mold.
The biscuit is baked for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
Now make sugar syrup:
- boil water;
- pour the rest of the sugar;
- wait until the syrup becomes brownish, and remove the saucepan from the stove.
Add cocoa to the cream, pour a spoonful of sugar and beat the cream well.
Now we divide the biscuit into two halves and grease them with chocolate cream. We also treat the sides and the top of the dish with cream, and then send it to a cold place for several hours.
Waffle cake cake
The simplest and fastest recipe to prepare is the following. A similar dessert can be made not only in the form of a birthday cake for a boy of 4 years, but also for quiet evening meetings with friends.
You will need the following products:
- wafer cakes 1 pack;
- condensed milk 350 grams;
- chocolate drops 150 grams.
We open the packaging of cakes and begin to lubricate each of them with condensed milk. It is very important to firmly press the cakes to each other so that they are better saturated and more tender. Then with the remaining milk we lubricate the sides and the top of the cake and sprinkle it with chocolate drops.
Unusual dessert with colored cakes
Such a cake for a boy for 4 years is ideal for the holiday and will delight the hero of the occasion with its delicate cream, juicy cakes and unusual appearance.
The components of the recipe:
- wheat flour 350 g;
- eggs 2 pcs;
- margarine 150 g;
- food colorings;
- water;
- sugar 100 g;
- a pinch of salt.
We break the cooking process into the following steps:
- sift flour through a sieve, add margarine and mix the resulting mass;
- mix eggs with sugar and a pinch of salt until a white foam forms;
- pour the egg mixture with flour;
- dilute dyes with water according to the instructions;
- we divide the dough into three parts and add one color mixture to each;
- put the dough in a mold and bake for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
As a bonding of cakes for this dish, we will use sour cream.
How to make sour cream?
To make sour cream cake for a boy for 4 years with his own hands, you will need:
- sour cream 200 grams;
- sugar 150 grams;
- eggs 2 pcs;
- icing sugar 100 grams.
First, separate the yolks from the proteins and beat them with a mixer. Next, pour sugar and powder, mix the mixture and whisk again until smooth. Now add sour cream and proteins, mix and bring to a foam using a mixer.
After the biscuit is baked, we take it out of the oven and cut it into two parts each. Grease the cake with sour cream, put a new one on top, but of a different color. We collect all the layers in this way and coat with the remaining cream the sides and top.
We will decorate a multi-colored biscuit cake for a boy for 4 years with chocolate chips and fresh strawberries. We clean the fruits, remove the leaves and roots, and divide the strawberries into two parts. We cut one into small layers, and leave the second untouched. Spread the sliced pieces on the sides of the biscuit, while a whole strawberry decorates our baked goods on its top.
Before serving this dessert to the festive table, it should be kept in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Below are more design options.
"Lazy" honey cake : a cake for a boy for 4 years
This is one of the simplest and most delicious recipes. For its preparation does not need a lot of time, effort and culinary skills.
Ingredients:
- margarine 150 g;
- egg 2 pcs.;
- sour cream 150 g;
- cane sugar 200 g;
- flour 350 g;
- icing sugar 80 g;
- a pinch of soda;
- honey 2 tbsp. l
First of all, put the stew-pan with honey, sugar and water on a small fire, stir occasionally and bring to a caramel shade. Then pour the flour into a deep bowl and add the margarine. We chop the dough with a knife, add two beaten eggs and mix everything thoroughly. Knead our dough and divide it into three parts.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the cakes to bake for 10-15 minutes.
Now we turn to the preparation of sour cream:
- mix sour cream with sugar in a small bowl;
- beat with a mixer, pour the powdered sugar and bring to a uniform color and condition.
We take out our honey cakes and begin to collect the cake. Lubricate each layer with sour cream and spread the next one on top. Try to press the cakes tightly against each other to make the cake softer and more tender.
Coat the sides and the top of the honey cake with the rest of the cream, and from small pieces of cakes we make crumbs for decoration. Sprinkle it on top of the cream, add some grated chocolate and send our cake in the refrigerator for several hours.
The honey cake is soft, with well-soaked cakes and a delicate honey aroma.