The easiest sweet cake recipe to prepare is undoubtedly the pound cake. Once you understand the principle of this dessert, you don't even need a written recipe to prepare it! Pound cake, as its name suggests, consists of four ingredients of equal weight:3 eggs, the same weight in flour (about 170 grams), the same weight in sugar and the same weight in butter. Also add a sachet of baking powder, and a little vanilla if you wish. Mix everything, cook for about 40 minutes and it's ready!
As its name suggests, the cake is of English origin. And there, we swear by the candied fruit cake! The recipe for this sweet cake is very simple:prepare the dough with 5 eggs, 250 grams of flour, 125 grams of butter, 125 grams of sugar and a sachet of baking powder. Add the candied fruit of your choice (cherries, oranges, melon, grapes, etc.) previously macerated in rum, then cook for about 40 minutes. The little extra tip:coat the candied fruits with flour before putting them in the dough, this will prevent them from falling to the bottom during cooking. And, for a change, you can even add a few small dices of candied ginger.
To please children (and big foodies) at tea time, here is a recipe for a sweet cake with two flavours:white chocolate and dark chocolate. Whisk 4 egg yolks with 140 grams of sugar. Add 130 grams of flour and divide the dough in two. In one, add 70 grams of melted dark baking chocolate with 70 grams of butter. In the other, 70 grams of white baking chocolate melted with 70 grams of butter. Whisk the egg whites and add half to each batter. Pour the preparations into the mold alternately and bake for about 50 minutes at 180°C.
