Kinds of Children's Birthday Cake Recipes, Healthier Version

Contents:

• Medical Video: Top 23 Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas | Homemade Easy Cake Design Ideas | So Yummy
  
• Some ways to make healthy birthday cakes
  
• Examples of healthy birthday cake recipes
  
• Carrot Cake Recipe
  
• Oatmeal Cake Recipe
  

Medical Video: Top 23 Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas | Homemade Easy Cake Design Ideas | So Yummy

Birthday cake is one of the important elements in every child's birthday celebration. However, most cakes sold in stores contain high sugar and calories. Both can lead to obesity in children if consumed in excess. Then, is there a way to make healthy birthday cakes for children?

Some ways to make healthy birthday cakes

Most birthday cakes on the market contain sugar and high calories. So, if you want to get a healthy birthday cake, there is no harm if you make your own cake. Especially for your child's special day.

There are several ways you can do to make healthy birthday cakes, namely:

• Reduce or replace flour, sugar and butter with healthier ingredients. For example, replace flour with wheat flour; replace half the recipe for granulated sugar with brown sugar; or reduce / replace butter with olive oil, greek yogurt, or avocado.
• You can use fruit as a basic ingredient. Like, mashed bananas, mashed carrots, and others.
• Use fruits as a topping instead of using cream or chocolate toppings.

Examples of healthy birthday cake recipes

If you are still confused, you can try the sample recipe below to make a healthy birthday cake for your child.

Carrot Cake Recipe

Cake Material:

• 250 gr of wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 3 eggs
• 200 gr of sugar
• 150 gr nonfat buttermilk
• 150 gr of vegetable oil or canola oil can be replaced to make it healthier
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 300 gr of crushed carrots
• 100 gr of crushed cashew nuts

Frosting material:

• 500 gr of powdered sugar
• 350 grams of cream cheese
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 50 gr margarine

How to make:

1. Mix wheat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon powder in a bowl, stir well.
2. Beat eggs with sugar, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Then, mix with flour and other dry ingredients, mix well.
3. Add the carrots and cashews to the mixture. Stir well.
4. Add the mixture to the pan coated with vegetable oil. Then, bake the cake in an oven at 350 ° F for 40-45 minutes.
5. While waiting for the cake to cook, you can prepare cake frosting. The trick, shake the cream cheese with powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and margarine with mixer until smooth and soft.
6. Lift the cooked cake. Let it stand until the heat disappears. Then, spread the frosting on the cake evenly. You can add corn flakes, strawberries and kiwi on top to make it more attractive.

Oatmeal Cake Recipe

Cake Material:

• 375 ml of warm water
• 100 gr oatmeal
• 200 gr of sugar
• 200 grams of brown sugar
• 100 grams of butter
• 175 gr of flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Topping material:

• 50 grams of butter
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp of cream
• 100 grams of brown sugar
• 100 gr raisin, chopped dates, and cashews were destroyed

How to make:

1. Mix warm water with oatmeal and stir until smooth. Then, leave it to cool for about 20 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mix sugar, brown sugar, butter and vanilla. Mix well. Then add the eggs, stir again until evenly distributed.
3. Next, add oatmeal, flour, baking soda, and cinnamon powder. Mix well.
4. Place the mixture in a pan that has been smeared with butter. Bake the mixture at 350 ° F for 30-40 minutes.
5. While waiting for a cold cake, you can make a topping. How, cook butter, cream, and milk. Stir until everything melts and mixes perfectly. Add brown sugar, and stir until smooth. Turn off the heat. Then, add with raisins, dates, and cashews.
6. If the cake is cooked, remove the cake, then let it sit for a while until the cake is cool enough. After that, sprinkle topping on the cake. Bake the cake again for only 2-3 minutes or until the topping turns slightly shiny. Then, the cake is ready to be served.