15 Most Unique Birthday Cake Recipes ... [With Images]

You may choose not to hold that celebration, but you cannot resist the temptation of having a birthday cake on the most delightful day in your life. Your upcoming birthday would be undeniably gorgeous and memorable with these unique birthday cake recipes, complete with every ingredient you need.

Ginger Cake And Marshmallow:

To make this cake, you have to prepare 100 g butter, 100 g dark muscovado sugar, 225 g plain flour, 100 g black treacle, 140 g golden syrup, 1 teaspoon (tsp) bicarbonate soda, 2 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 3 egg yolk, 125 ml milk. Those are only for the cake’s mixture.

Besides, for the ginger buttercream, there should be 140 g butter, 200 g icing sugar, 4 small stems ginger, and ½ tsp ground ginger, while 3 medium-sized egg white and 175 g golden caster sugar are for the marshmallow icing.

Now that you have all the ingredients, you can start melting butter, sugar, syrup and treacle in your saucepan. Let the mixture get smooth enough before you cool it down. Afterward, mix the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and ½ tsp of salt in a bowl. During this pause, add the warm syrup, milk and egg yolks into the flour mixture before pouring them into a heated tin. Bake them all for 1 hour and let it cool down, before you smooth its surface.

Additionally, mash all the butter cream’s ingredients with a fork until you get smooth texture. Afterward, you can move to make the marshmallow icing by mixing the egg whites, sugar, 1 tbsp water, and a little salt. While whisking the icing, put a pan filled with simmering water below the bowl for about 4 minutes. Continue the process by removing the bowl from the heat and whisking them for 3 minutes till it gets cooler. Next, after you get them all done, you can apply the buttercream and icing to the layers of this unique birthday cake recipe which you have cut before. Make the layers as many as you want, but 3 layers are preferable.

Éclair Cake and Chocolate Ganache:

One cup of water, ½ cup butter, ¼ tsp salt, 1 cup flour and 4 eggs are needed to make the pastry shell. Besides, 2 cups cold whipping cream, 2 tbsp confectioners’ sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 3.5 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix, and 2 cups cold milk are for the filling. And lastly, for the chocolate ganache, you need to prepare 1 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate and 1 cup heavy cream.

This dish is pretty unique to serve on one’s birthday. Without taking much time to prepare, a simple yet delicious unique birthday cake recipe is ready to brighten up the party.