Hi Bold Bakers!
So we all know you can make a cake in a mug in the microwave, that is nothing new around
here.
But did you know you can actually make an entire cake in the microwave?
I'm talking full-size, three layers, the whole shebang.
It is really easy to make and the best thing about it is it takes less than 10 minutes
to cook!
I can't wait to show you so let’s get started.
So now everyone has access to an oven, but that’s okay, we don't let that stop us here
at Bigger Bolder Baking.
Micro-baking, or baking in a microwave is a really fun and easy thing to do, and you
get to make all the sweet treats that you like.
Now the recipe for this cake can be found on BiggerBolderBaking.com and as always, tap
that subscribe button on YouTube so you don't miss out on any of my upcoming videos.
Okay, so let’s get stuck into our cake.
In a large bowl, add all of your dry ingredients.
Flour, white sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and then whisk all
these ingredients together.
Now this recipe is one of my absolute favorites for yellow cake, so it’s a really soft and
moist cake, and it’s just so good, it’s like a vanilla cake.
Okay, that’s all our dry ingredients, now we’re gonna mix our wet separately.
Into a separate bowl add your eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract, and then whisk all these
together.
If you don't have buttermilk, you can always use just regular milk, or you can make your
own buttermilk, because I’ve got a video of how to do that, it is really simple to
do, and buttermilk makes cakes really lovely and moist, so it’s a really important ingredient.
And on another note, if you don’t eat eggs, you can always check my egg substitute chart
of what you can substitute the eggs in this recipe for.
Okay, lovely.
We’re gonna add our wet into our dry ingredients now.
So here I have my dry ingredients and I'm going to pour in my buttermilk-egg mix.
The next thing we’re going to add is our melted butter, now what I like to do is melt
the butter when I start to make the cake so it’s nice and room temperature to add it
into the rest of the mix.
You don't want it to be hot when you're adding it in there.
So go ahead and our him in.
lovely.
And then last but not least, sprinkles, because this is going to be a Funfetti cake.
So in you guys go.
I love me some sprinkles.
Then I'm gonna take my whisk and then gently mix this cake together.
Now the same rules apply to all my cake making.
Make sure you don’t over-mix, you don't want to toughen the flour at all, so a quick
mix up until all the flour is combined, and then stop.
So as you can see this makes a very big cake, it’ll probably feed around 8-10 people happily.
It’s nice and big which is the way we like our cakes around here.
Okay, perfect, this is all mixed up.
Now, let’s talk tins.
So not technically tins, but silicone molds.
Now these have to be microwave safe, whatever you put in there and these are perfect and
they're food safe.
Now I got these online, they're very inexpensive, and I’m gonna put a link on my website of
where you can buy them directly.
You can use any kind of silicone mold that you have, if you have a different shape at
home that is totally fine too, and if you don't have silicone molds and don’t want
to buy them, that's totally fine, get a casserole bowl, or something that is nice and round,
that will go in the microwave and you'll cook your cake in there, and it will be lovely.
So our molds are ready to go, you can grease them if you want to, but you don't need to
because with silicone it just pops right out, it's one of the beauties of them.
So I'm not gonna butter mine, I'm just gonna go ahead and divide my cake batter evenly
between the three.
When you're dividing your cake, just eyeball it as best you can, to get them as evenly
as possible.
Fantastic!
Now this is where the magic happens.
One by one we’re going to put each of these molds into the microwave, and you're not going
to believe the results.
Now this is where the magic happens, each layer takes less than three minutes to cook!
I know it's absolutely crazy, and here we were baking cakes in the oven like a chump
the whole time we could have been making it in the microwave in minutes.
So the timing is based on my microwave, which is 1200 watts.
Okay I think I just heard a ping so let’s check on our first layer.
Oh my god, this turned out even better than expected, it’s insane!
It rose up, it’s lovely, light and fluffy, and you can tell when it’s done, if you
push down in the middle and it’s firm on underneath and there's no wetness on the top
of your cake.
So this is perfectly cooked.
Okay, we’re gonna set him aside and let him cool down and we’re gonna pop in our
next layer.
So while the second layer is cooking I've got three minutes to tell you a little story,
here’s a little bit of trivia about Bigger Bolder Baking, around three years ago my first
mug cake recipe I ever made went viral.
That was the first video that ever went viral.
We made rainbow cake, red velvet, cookies and cream, it absolutely blew the lid off
my channel and brought me in like a huge big audience and this whole idea of making cakes
without an oven.
So thanks to those recipes, that’s where we are right now.
And I think this cake in a microwave is a whole other level of baking, I mean I just
can't even believe it.
Okay, I heard another ping, so let’s check on our second layer.
Okay, our second layer is looking great, it smells insane in my kitchen right now, okay,
I'm gonna pop in my last layer.
So now when it comes to putting the cake in the microwave, don’t put in multiple layers
at one time, you want to do one layer at a time, so they all bake evenly.
And just so you know, I'm gonna decorate my cake in my best-ever buttercream frosting
recipe, which is on my website, there’s a video, there’s a whole tutorial about
how you can get the best ever frosting, because I know it’s something that people really
struggle with.
So I'm gonna cover my cake in that.
There we go again, our last layer is done.
So here’s the crazy part, it took less than 10 minutes to cook off three layers of cake,
I mean that is madness, and you see they rose up really thick and they're light and fluffy,
I mean this is absolutely insane.
This microwave cake, I'm telling you, is a serious game-changer.
Okay, I'm gonna set these guys aside, let them go totally cold before I decorate them.
So I left my cakes cooling for around half an hour, and they're ready to be decorated,
but the beauty of this cake is you can make it two days in advance, and then decorate
it whenever you need it, it will keep perfectly fresh.
Now some simple things about cake decorating, if the top of your cake is a little bit bumpy,
take a knife and just cut that bit off until you have a nice flat surface just like this
one.
Then I'm gonna take my pink buttercream, and I'm going to go and frost in between the layers
of my cake.
Spread a nice generous layer of buttercream frosting on the surface of your cake.
I have this handy little cake stand, which really helps me decorate cakes, because I've
said before, I'm not the best cake decorator in the world, but these kinds of tools help.
There you go, that’s one layer, then we’re going to take the next layer, and continue
frosting.
In case you haven't seem them already, I've got other videos about cake decorating that
go into much more detail, and just gives you tips and tricks of how to decorate a cake
really well and easily, so make sure you check those out.
Okay, lovely, now we’re going to go on with our last layer.
So for the last layer, turn your cake upside-down so you have a nice flat surface, and then
pop him on top.
Then take some more buttercream frosting, a nice big scoop for the top, and then we’re
going to take our spatula, and just work the frosting over the top of the cake, and then
down the sides.
And what we’re going to do here is create a crumb layer.
So the reason we’re doing a crumb layer is to catch any loose crumbs of cake, so you
just want to do a nice thin layer of frosting, it does not have to be thick, and just go
on the top, and all along the sides and just catch any crumbs.
I'm actually not seeing a whole lot of crumbs on this cake, which is awesome considering
we just cooked it, it’s nice and fresh, gorgeous.
Now if you’re like me, you’ve made many a cake and it starts to lean, don't worry
about it, you can fix that, just kind of push it back when you're frosting it, and make
it all line up, not all cakes are perfect, and they can be a bit knobbly and bobbly,
so just like give it a little bit of a push in the right direction, that's what I do.
Okay, perfect, this is my crumb layer now I'm gonna pop this in the fridge for a minimum
of 30 minutes, let it set and go nice and cold and then we can decorate on top of this.
So it’s been half an hour and crumb layer is set, so now it’s time to decorate on
top of this.
Now all you need is a little thin layer of frosting, and just cover over any bits of
the cake you can see.
Once you have your crumb layer done, decorating the cake actually happens really fast, so
it’s great.
Wherever you think needs more frosting, just put on a little bit more.
Just keep on spreading frosting around the outside until the whole cake is covered.
Just like that.
Perfect.
Now I've got a few finishing touches that I want to do to this cake.
So with a bit of frosting that I have, I'm going to pipe some nice big rosettes along
the top of the cake, just to give it a little bit of different texture as well on top, lovely.
You can never have too much buttercream frosting if you ask me.
And then, I have some sprinkles here, gorgeous little ones, and I'm gonna sprinkle these
all over the top, just a few on top of the rosettes, for a little bit of extra color,
just look at how pretty they are.
Then I'm actually gonna take a few, and I'm gonna place it along the side of the cake.
Just around the bottom.
Just to make a nice finishing touch.
And there you have it, not in a million years would anybody guess that this whole cake was
made in the microwave, it’s incredible.
Now I'm going to cut it open because I just want you to see how soft and fluffy the cake
is on the inside.
I knew I was doing three layers but I just didn’t think the cake was gonna be this
big.
There you go, check that out.
Fluffy, soft cake, made in the microwave, that is mind-blowing.
This is fantastic.
This cake is perfect for any celebration, whether you have an oven or not.
I really hope you try it.
Oh my gosh this cake is so soft.
So here’s the thing, if you don't have an oven to bake a cake, you do not have to be
left out, you can make one in the microwave, you saw under 10 minutes, really, really fast,
and the results— are absolutely amazing.
Mm.
you guys are gonna love this recipe, I really hope you try it, do not forget to subscribe
to my channel and I’ll see you back here really soon, for more Bigger Bolder Baking.