An easy recipe that kids can help make (and decorate) for someone they love.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s a delicious recipe for almond and raspberry ‘love’ cake that I recently guest-posted at Red Ted Art (using dessicated coconut instead of ground almonds). You can choose to make this as a tray bake, or cupcakes (the mixture is a sponge base, so works for both) and it’s so easy, even very small children can help with the baking and decorating. As we all know, the way to a man (and a toddler)’s heart, is through their stomach!
To make Almond and Raspberry love cake, you will need:
For the cake
– 175g self-raising flour
– 2 heaped tablespoons of ground almonds
– 140g caster sugar
– 140g soft butter (if you’re like me and forget to take it out of the fridge, just pop it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds)
– ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
– 2 large eggs
– approx. 4 tablespoons of milk
– 120g fresh or frozen raspberries
For the icing:
– 300g icing sugar
– 100g soft butter
– zest of ½ a lemon
– a few drops of pink food colouring (or 1 drop of red)
– OPTIONAL: Some red ready-to roll fondant icing
– OPTIONAL: Chocolate chips, hundreds and thousands or similar.
How-to make Almond and Raspberry Love Cake:
- Beat all the cake ingredients except the raspberries together until light and fluffy
- Fold in the raspberries and spoon the mixture into a small (approx. 20cm x 30cm), lined baking tray, OR 12x cupcake cases.
- Bake in the oven for 12-18 minutes (the tray bake will need slightly longer than the cupcakes, but keep an eye on them, as with all baking)!
- Meanwhile, beat the icing sugar, butter, food colouring and lemon zest together until smooth. If the icing is too thick and not combining, add a tiny bit of warm water.
- Once the cake is ready, leave to cool completely, then ice.
- OPTIONAL: for the tray bake, you can roll out the fondant/sugarpaste icing and use cookie cutters to write a message, or add heart shapes.
- OPTIONAL: for the cupcakes you can add chocolate chips or sprinkles.
Pickle helped to bake this and it was definitely made with love… x
Awwwww! Those pics with the chefs hat! Cake looks lovely too 🙂
Thanks Kate! I can’t get him to cook without the hat (and spaceship apron) 😉
Wow! That looks so utterly delicious!
Thanks Steph!
That cakes sounds delicious. I love anything with almond in.
Me too! I also find it stops the cake from going dry too quickly, so you can enjoy it for longer (IF you don’t eat it all immediately)…
Bookmarked! What a scrummy looking cake I love!
Yay! 😀
Yummy, that cake looks great – perfect for these cold, wintry days!! Love the pictures with the chef’s hat!!
Absolutely – no bikini diets needed in this weather…
Your little Chef looks adorable. I can see the cake Was made with love! Could so do with a slice right now 🙂
Thank you – he does love baking (especially tasting) 😉
Well, I have to be honest and tell you that the way to my heart is also paved with cakes 🙂 and this one looks like one that could lead to true love 😉
Ooo you had me at the word cake! This looks yummy!
Always a winner, eh? 😀
Ooh that looks scrummy. I will definitely give that a go x
Yay – enjoy 🙂
They look delicious! I love raspberries and almonds so will definitely have to give them a try.
Don’t forget that you can make it any time of year if you use frozen raspberries 🙂
Oooo my toddler would love the pink icing on this!
Who wouldn’t? 😉
BTW – if you’re watching the E-numbers, you can purée some extra raspberries and use those to colour the icing (if you do this, you don’t need to add any water).
now my tummy is rumbling!
😀
How gorgeous does this look! I love the taste of almond. Pinning this to try at some point. Thank you
Yay! Thank you 🙂
looks delicious! and your little one looks so cute in the chefs hat 🙂
Aaw, thanks 🙂
I love that cake quote! 😉 and great pictures 🙂 x
Thank you Charlotte!
Oh that cake looks gorgeous. I’m adding it to my list of cakes to make. I quite like the sound of the one with coconut too.
It is yummy with either – just depends on your personal preference/allergies… 😉
Oh, it looks so yummy… I like the flavor combination…
I bet is tastes like a piece of heaven
Thank you! 🙂