So I came across the conundrum of what cakes to bake, as much as I love Victoria sponge like he does, I prefer more flavorful sponges such as carrot and lemon cakes, now I am hardly going to bake a full size sponge for only one of us to eat so I came up with a cute little solution.
When I was packing up my stuff from my parents house, my mum gave me a tiny 5 inch spring form tin and at the time I thought it was adorable, accepted it, but never really had a use for it until now.
The following recipe is designed for those who need a bit of cake in their life but cant afford loads of ingredients or cant eat an entire cake by themselves.
I think I will do a few of these, like a little mini series of cake basically! I will start off with carrot cake as it's my favorite, next up will be a Victoria sponge for my lovely other half and then who knows after that! So if you have any suggestions please let me know in the comment section below!
Also all my measurements are in cups as I find it easier when working with tiny measurements plus that is what my measuring spoons are marked up as! If you want the measurements in grams there are plenty of online conversion programs :)
Things you will need:
1 medium egg
Half a cup of caster sugar
Half a cup of plain flour
A quarter cup of vegetable oil
A third of a cup of grated carrot
Half a teaspoon of mixed spice, cinnamon and baking powder
A cap full of vanilla essence
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 150 degrees Celsius and grease your 5" baking tin
Step 2: In a small bowl, tip in your oil and sugar, beat together until the mixture turns pale and a little frothy, this takes about 30 seconds with an electric whisk and a few minutes by hand.
Step 3: Crack in your egg to your mixture along with your mixed spice, cinnamon and vanilla essence, whisk until well combined.
Step 4: Scatter in your grated carrot and carefully mix through until well combined and there are no lumps of carrot.
Step 5: Sprinkle in the baking powder along with the flour and give it a quick mix, make sure to not over-mix! simply stir until the mixture combines nicely then stop!
Step 6: Pour your cake mix into the tin and place on the middle shelf of your oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer poked in the center of the cake comes out clean, remove from the oven and leave to cool before removing.
At this stage what comes next is up to you! I like mine with just a little icing on top however feel free to use buttercream, nuts or whatever takes your fancy!
And there we go! the perfect 2 portions of cake for one person! Please feel free to leave your suggestions below for what cake I should do next!
