'Cake for Two' Recipe by Emily Chance

Cake for Two
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By Emily Chance

Edited by Klancy Hoover

One of my best friends and I get into an argument and, me being me, I had difficulties apologizing. So instead of groveling at her feet, and because I am very broke, I decided: “I’m going to make a cake for her!” A regular cake would be too big, so I decided: “I should make a mini cake!” After a little bit of searching, I found a mini cake recipe that was absolutely perfect.

Vanilla Cake:

• 6 TBSP unsalted Butter, softened
• 1/2 c. granulated Sugar
• 1 large Egg
• 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 c. All-Purpose Flour
• 1/8 tsp. Salt
• 1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
• 6 TBSP whole Milk
• 1/2 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar

Icing:

• 1 TBSP Butter
• 1 TBSP Milk
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• Powdered Sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 and spray a 6 in. round cake pan with cooking spray and coat with flour. In a medium-sized bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat for 15 seconds or until well combined. In a separate bowl, mix together salt and baking soda. Add half of flour mixture to batter and beat until mixed. Then, add in the other half and mix until combined. Add in milk and vinegar until well mixed. Scrape the batter into prepared pan, smooth top, and bake for 37-39 minutes (I made mine in a convection oven and it only took about 25 minutes.) Test doneness with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, it is done baking. Let the cake cool for a few minutes, then turn over onto a wire rack and leave it alone until it is cool.

For the icing, mix together the butter, milk, and vanilla with a clean electric mixer until combined. Then, add in powdered sugar a little bit at a time until it reaches the desired consistency. (I used about a cup.) If the mixture is too runny, add more powdered sugar. If the mixture is too thick, add in a little bit of milk (Only a little! A little goes a LONG way.)

* You can add in food coloring to either the batter or icing, or both for a cuter cake!

Tip: I divided the batter into six different bowls and added food coloring to make the following colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Then I took six large spoons (one for each color) and spooned in each of the different colors, alternating colors, only a couple of spoonfuls each before moving onto the next color, then going back to the first and repeating. Then I took a toothpick and swirled the batter around a little to help the colors leak into each other, but not enough to mix the colors together. It baked into a really cute rainbow cake!

I was really hesitant at first to put apple cider vinegar into my cake mix, but it ended up tasting really good and I don’t even like cake! The name may say “cake for two,” but I felt like it made four servings.