Easy One Egg Cake Recipes

MA'S ONE EGG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a 9 inch x 9 inch pan.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add shortening, the 2/3 cup milk, and the vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.
• Add the 1/3 cup milk and egg; beat for 2 more minutes.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes or until done. You might check a little earlier because my oven runs cool. If doubling or tripling the recipe, you'll have to increase the cooking time substantially.
• UPSIDE DOWN CAKE:.
• If making pineapple upside down cake, use the strained juice in the batter, reducing the milk by the amount of juice used.
• Drop pieces of butter and sprinkle brown sugar on pan.
• Lay pineapple rings down.
• Pour cake batter on top.

ONE EGG LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) grease and flour an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter. Break 1 egg into a measuring cup and then fill to the 1 cup line with milk. Add to dry ingredients and beat well. Add vanilla and lemon flavoring.
• Pour batter into an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean.

ONE EGG CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add unbeaten egg. Add vanilla. Beat thoroughly.
• Mix flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mix alternately with milk to creamed egg/butter/sugar mixture, beating each time for a smooth batter.
• Pour into well-oiled loaf pan. Bake at 375 F for 35 minutes.

MINI EGG CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a bundt tin or fluted cake ring (at least 2.5-litre capacity), then dust the tin with a little flour, shaking off the excess. Beat all the cake ingredients with a pinch of salt using an electric whisk until you have a smooth batter. Spoon into the prepared tin, smoothing the top with a palette knife, then bake for 35 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out mostly clean with a few dry crumbs attached.
• For the drizzle, combine the sugar with the orange juice in a saucepan, then reduce over a medium heat to a loose syrupy consistency. Prick the base of the cake all over with a skewer, then pour over half the syrup, adding the rest once it has been absorbed, Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 15 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• While the cake is cooling, make the icing. Beat the butter with half the icing sugar and the vanilla extract until smooth and fluffy. Add the remaining icing sugar and the cream cheese and beat again until well combined - don't overbeat or the icing will become runny.
• Spread a thin layer of the icing over the entire cake, taking care to get into all the crevices, then pop in the fridge for 20 mins to set. If you are short of time, you can always put it in the freezer. Spread the remaining icing onto the cake in an even layer. Once iced, the cake will keep in the fridge for three days. Bring to room temperature before decorating and serving.
• Sort the Mini Eggs into different colours (a possibly therapeutic exercise, depending on your organisational tendencies). Stick the Mini Eggs all over the top of the cake.