Special Sweets: 3 Easy Sweet Recipes at Home for Amateur Bakers

If you’re a new and inexperienced baker, this baking can seem a little daunting. Baking is about precision, timing, and knowing how flavors interplay with each other. If you don’t know where to begin, don’t worry. Here are some simple delish dessert recipes that can help you get confident with baking. These are also easy cake recipes for kids, so assisted with adults, they can also put their baking hats on with confidence.

Tahini Banana Bread

Ingredients:

For the loaf:

• 3 ripe bananas
• 156 gm flour
• 114 gm melted butter
• 150 gm granulated sugar
• 120 gm tahini
• 50 gm brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• ¾ tsp baking soda

 For the glaze:

• 120 gm powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp tahini
• 1 tbsp milk
• Pinch of salt

Instructions:

• Sift the flour and baking soda together then set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 175°C, then grease a loaf pan lightly with some room-temperature butter. The layer has to be thin so that the outside of your loaf isn’t greasy.
• Add the ripe bananas, melted butter, sugar, tahini, brown sugar, and eggs in a food processor. Blend well.
• Pour into a large mixing bowl. Make sure to scrape the sides of the blender to get as much of this mixture into the bowl.
• Use a spatula to gently fold the flour and baking soda into the wet ingredients. Don’t dump all the flour in one go, do it in multiple batches.
• Once mixed, pour into the loaf pan and bake for 30 to 45 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the loaf tin around the 30-minute mark, and if it comes out clean, it’s cooked through.
• Take it out of the oven to cool and prepare the glaze.
• For this, mix all of the ingredients listed above to achieve a glossy, not runny, glaze. Once the cake is cool, pour the glaze over it. You can garnish with some toasted sesame seeds if you want.

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 225 gm finely chopped Cadbury Bournville 70% Dark Chocolate
• 109 gm granulated sugar
• 85 gm unsalted butter
• 6 egg yolks
• 6 egg whites
• Pinch of salt
• Powdered sugar for garnish
• Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for serving

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 135°C then butter the inside of a cake tin. Set aside.
• Melt the butter and unsalted butter in a heatproof bowl, then mix until smooth and glossy.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time. Break the yolk with the whisk and mix well every time.
• Then whisk all of the egg whites together with a pinch of salt. Beat air into egg whites until they are light and fluffy will take some time especially if you’re using a manual whisk.
• Also add the granulated sugar and keep whisking.
• Fold in the egg whites with a swift and firm motion into the chocolate till there are no streaks of white left. Use a spatula for this step.
• Transfer this mixture into the cake tin.
• Bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Let it cool before you slice and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Easy Olive Oil Cake

Ingredients:

• 156 gm flour
• 133 gm granulated sugar
• 158 ml olive oil
• 120 ml yogurt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp lemon zest 

Instructions:

• The batter for this cake can also be made in a food processor or mixer grinder.
• The only thing you have to do first is sift the fry ingredients together. Set aside.
• First blend the sugar, eggs, lemon juice, zest, and yogurt together.
• Once done, add the dry ingredients and give it a good mix.
• Let the batter rest while the oven preheats at 180°C. During this time you should grease a 9-inch cake tin too.
• Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Let it cool, dust it with powdered sugar if you want, and serve.