🎂 How to Make a Birthday Cake — Just Like a Professional Pastry Chef! Easy Homemade Recipe! 🎂

Birthday cake — just like a professional pastry chef's! A simple recipe to make at home! Hi everyone! Welcome to my channel! ❤️ Today I’m making a beautiful and delicious birthday cake featuring a refreshing lime cream and a raspberry filling. This homemade cake consists of tender vanilla sponge layers, a vibrant raspberry filling, a creamy lime frosting, and an appetizing chocolate glaze. It’s perfect for a birthday, a celebration, or simply for those times when you want to make something special at home! Recipe and timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction and ingredients 00:17 — Preparing the sponge cake 04:22 — Preparing the raspberry filling 05:21 — Preparing the cream 09:00 — Syrup 09:33 — Assembling the cake 13:32 — Decorating the cake 🍰 Vanilla Sponge Cake Ingredients: • 180 g butter (softened) • 1 cup sugar (180 g) • 1 tbsp vanilla sugar • 5 eggs • 2 ¾ cups flour (330 g) • Pinch of salt • 2 tsp baking powder • ½ cup milk Beat the softened butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar with a mixer on high speed for about 6 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Alternating between the two (in three batches), add the milk and the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, mixing only until just combined. Divide the batter between two 16 cm (6-inch) cake pans. Bake at 160°C (320°F) for about 60 minutes, or until the cakes are fully cooked. Test for doneness with a toothpick. ❤️ Raspberry Filling • 1 ¼ cups raspberry puree (300 g) • 0.4 cup sugar • 1 tsp pectin Bring the raspberry puree, sugar, and pectin to a boil. Boil for about 2 minutes, then let the filling cool to room temperature. 🍋 Lime Cream • 100 g butter (softened) • ½ cup sugar • Zest of 2 limes • Juice of 2 limes • 350 g cream cheese • ½ cup heavy cream Beat the butter and sugar together for about 4 minutes. Add the lime zest and juice, then incorporate the cream cheese and mix until smooth and creamy. Separately, whip the heavy cream and gently fold it into the cream cheese mixture. 🍋 Lime Syrup • 100 g sugar • ½ cup water • Juice of 1 lime Bring the water and sugar to a boil and simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add the lime juice. Your delicious syrup is ready! 🎂 Cake Assembly Cut the cooled sponge cake layers into four tiers. Lightly soak each layer with the lime syrup. Spread a layer of lime cream and pipe a border of cream around the edge of the cake layer. Spoon half of the raspberry filling into the center. Repeat the layering process until the cake is fully assembled. Refrigerate the cake for several hours (preferably overnight) to allow the layers to set and the flavors to deepen. 🍫 Decoration • 150 g chocolate glaze • 150 g cream cheese • 150 g softened butter • Multicolored sprinkles • 50 g red chocolate glaze Beat the cream cheese and softened butter together for about 3 minutes. Add the slightly cooled chocolate glaze and mix until smooth and creamy. Stir in the sprinkles. Cover the cake with the chocolate cream and decorate with the multicolored sprinkles and red chocolate glaze. And there you have it—a beautiful, festive, and incredibly delicious raspberry birthday cake! ❤️🎂 If you enjoyed this recipe, please hit the like button, subscribe to my channel, and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next homemade dessert recipe! And let me know in the comments: which city are you watching from? 🌎 Thanks for watching, and happy baking! 😋❤️