Sweet Surprise for Anita Magdalena ;)

What could be more heart-melted surprise beside your own creation?
So here it is, my sweet surprise for my best friend Anita Magdalena for her 20th birthday; White Butter Cake and Frosting ;)
Enjoy the recipe!


White Butter Cake
adapted from Joyofbaking website

Ingredients:
2 large eggs (separated)

175 gr shifted cake flour (i use segitiga biru flour)

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

113 gr unsalted butter room temperature (i use golden churn butter)

200 gr granulated white sugar (i use 175 gr)

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

120 ml milk

1/8 tsp cream of tartar

How to make White Butter Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, butter and flour two 20 cm round cake pans (i use 26cm square)

- Separate the eggs (white and yolk) leave until set in room temp.

- Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt, leave it.

- Beat the butter until soft (approx.1-2minutes) add 125gr sugar and beat until light and fluffy (approx.3-4minutes)

- Add egg yolks one at a time, beat until mix, then add vanilla extract.

- Lower your mixer speed then add flour mix and milk in three addition, begin and end with flour.

- In other bowl, beat egg whites until foamy, add cream of tartar then continue beat until stiff peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar (50 gr) beat untill stiff peaks.

- Add the egg whites into the first batter and stir until all mix (do not overmix)

- Divide the batter evenly between two prepared pans and bake for approximately 20-25 minutes. Test with toothpicks inserted to the center of the cake to make sure it fully baked.

- Place on a plate and let cakes cool before coat it with frosting.

Simple Frosting
adapted from asri-simplekitchen

Ingredients:

650 gram unsulted butter (i use 325 gr)

100 gr icing sugar (i use 75 gr)

 

200 gr vegetable shortening (i use 50 gr)

 

(i also added 1/2 tsp vanilla extract)

 

How to make simple frosting:

Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat until white and fluffy

 

How to apply frosting to the cake:

- Place a cake on a flat surface, cover with frosting using a frosting spatula. spread it evenly until thick you desire

 

- Put second cake on the first cake and frosting

 

- Cover all of the cake surfaces with frosting, it may look a bit mess but you'll work on it. The tip is not to give up smoothing your frosting with the frosting spatula. Do it over and over again.

 

- Last thing to do is decorate the cake with the remaining frosting, let your creativity guide you ;)

 

 

And the result is..... Voila!

 

About the blue frosting.. Actually blue is not Anita's favorite colour, but white seems so plain and pink is so girly. So i give it a try with blue frosting. Alhamdulillah Anita likes it.

Happy birthday my sweety ;*