Cake recipes for those who Love Cakes but Hate Baking!!

There are times when there is a serious need for a cake but you have some problems at hand. There might not be an oven available or you might not know how to use an oven. Maybe you really don’t feel like putting in the effort because you hate baking. Baking is not an easy thing. Many chefs say that baking is somewhere between an art and a science. One wrong measurement or quantity and you are facing disaster. Many a times, you want to bake a cake but the material required to make a perfect cake is not available. So what do you do then?

You can follow these simple recipes and forget that you ever even needed a big oven you had to wait on for hours to produce a cake which could possibly collapse at the last moment.

Oreo Icebox Cake

Have you ever heard of an icebox cake? Not only does this cake require no baking whatsoever but it is also extremely easy to make. So here’s a simple recipe for an Oreo Icebox cake which you will find really easy to make:

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy whipping cream – chilled
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
8 ounces cream cheese – softened
1 9-ounce package chocolate wafer cookies
9 Oreo cookies – crushed

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, add the heavy whipping cream and the sugar, and beat using a hand mixer or whisk until soft peaks form, for about 3 to 4 minutes.
2. In a separate large bowl, beat the cream cheese until soft. Slowly incorporate the cream cheese, mixing on a low speed, until fully incorporated.
3. Spread some of the cream cheese mixture on the bottom of a plate, covering it evenly. Arrange a layer of wafer cookies on top. Cover with a layer of cream cheese mixture and some more wafer cookies. Repeat until you have used all the cookies. Spread the remaining cream cheese mixture evenly over the top and around the sides, so that it looks just like a layered cake.
4. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

To serve, pat the sides of the cake with crushed Oreo cookies, then slice into wedges. Serve cold.

Layered Pancakes

Ever made pancakes before?? They have the easiest recipe to follow and you can add literally anything between the layers of pancakes.

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour
1.5 cup of sugar (more if you like)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg at room temperature
0.5 cup milk
1 teaspoon oil

Directions:

1. Sift all the dry ingredients into a glass bowl including flour, baking powder and 0.5 cup of sugar (more if you desire) and mix.
2. Add an egg and mix to form a gooey mixture. Add milk and whisk until you get a thick mixture.
3. Put oil in a frying pan and move it around by the handle to coat the entire surface.
4. Once you have heated the oil, with the help of a deep spoon, pour mixture in the middle of the pan and by grabbing the handle, spread it to the edges of the frying pan.
5. Let it heat for a while and then with the help of a spatula, loosen the sides and flip the pancake over. Heat on both sides until golden.
6. Repeat process with the rest of the mixture until you get a pile of the pancakes.
7. Whip cream in a bowl and add one cup of sugar. Whisk until soft peaks are formed.
8. Put a pancake and apply a thin layer of cream, put another pancake on top and repeat until your desired height. Put whipped cream on top and sides.

You can season the cake with honey, chocolate sauce or with seasonal fruits.

Chocolate Cake

Yes, there is a “No Bake” recipe for chocolate cake too.

Ingredients:

300 grams plain chocolate (shredded)
5 ounces butter
1 tin of condensed milk
110 grams of Digestive biscuits

Directions:

1. Line a baking tray with butter paper.
2. Melt chocolate in the microwave for one minute. Take it out and incorporate it into the butter until molten and dissolved.
3. Add condensed milk to the mixture and mix well.
4. Pour 1/4^th of the mixture in the already lined baking tray and line with the Digestive biscuits.
5. Pour more of the mixture over the biscuits and layer the biscuits over the chocolate mixture.
6. Repeat and top with the chocolate mixture and ensure proper coating.
7. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
8. Slice and serve on plate with ice cream.

Cold Cake

And one for cold cake too. But you already knew that didn’t you?

Ingredients:

1 roll Marie biscuits
2 whole eggs
2 ounces of butter
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
0.5 cup of mayonnaise
10 tablespoons of sugar
Dry fruit as per your liking

Directions:

1. Put a pan with water to boil. Once it starts to boil, take a glass bowl and put it on the pan so the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water surface. This is called a double boiler.
2. Put butter in the bowl and melt it.
3. Add eggs into the butter followed by cocoa powder and sugar and cook.
4. Once it reaches a custard like consistency, remove from heat and add dry fruits and mayonnaise to the mixture.
5. Pour the mixture in a polythene bag and apply pressure to form a roll of the mixture.
6. Put it in the freezer and once it frozen, take it out and quickly cut into pieces.
7. Serve with tea or coffee.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

If you are not running away from effort and want to put up a great cake that’s delicious and shows off your cooking skills, you might want to try this amazing chocolate mousse cake recipe.

Ingredients:

175g plain chocolate biscuits
85g butter – melted
400g dark chocolate – chopped
600ml thickened cream
1/4 cup coffee-flavored liqueur
Cocoa powder (to dust)

Directions:

1. Grease a 20cm (base) spring foam pan. Line base and side with baking paper. Place biscuits in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add butter. Process until combined. Press mixture over base of pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, place chocolate in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir with a metal spoon for 10 minutes or until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Cool for 10 minutes.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat cream and liqueur until soft peaks form. Fold cream mixture into chocolate. Pour chocolate mixture over base in prepared pan. Smooth with a spatula. Cover. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set. Dust with cocoa. Serve.