Cake for a 4 year old boy: a description with a photo, recipes for delicious cakes and interesting decorating ideas

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Name day celebration coming up? Don't know what cake to cook for a 4 year old boy? Are you faced with the choice of self-cooking and buying a store-bought dessert? We will help you make the right choice and tell you what to cook for your baby's birthday.

It is best to make a cake for a 4 year old boy without mastic. Since it does not take much time and effort. It is also worth noting that such decoration will not be to everyone's taste. Cakes for a 4 year old boy with mastic are quite difficult to prepare, and there is always a chance that the coating will not work and the product will be damaged. To prevent this from happening, use the simple mastic recipe shown in the video below.

And then we have prepared for you some easy recipes for delicious desserts, as well as a couple of unusual, so to speak, in haste.

Sponge cake with fruit jam

Required products:

• flour 300 grams;
• margarine 150 grams;
• s alt;
• sugar 100 grams;
• fruit jam;
• chicken eggs 3 pcs

Cooking method:

• mix flour with margarine brought to room temperature;
• beat eggs with a mixer and add sugar, bring the resulting mixture to a uniform color and state;
• pour the egg blank into flour, add a pinch of s alt and knead the dough;
• lubricate the mold with oil and transfer our dough into it;
• bake a biscuit at 160 degrees for 30 minutes.

While the base for the cake is being prepared, we can move on to making the protein cream.

How to make custard at home?

Ingredients:

• milk 150ml;
• granulated sugar 100 grams;
• butter 100 grams;
• powdered sugar.

Heat milk over medium heat, add sugar and butter. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour in the powdered sugar. Stirring with a spatula, keep on fire for 5 minutes and remove the saucepan from the stove.

Before decorating the product, the cream must cool to room temperature.

Collecting sponge cake

We take the biscuit out of the oven, cool it, put it on the table and cut it into two parts. Lubricate the bottom with fruit jam and cover with the second half. With the help of custard, we coat the sides and top of a biscuit cake for a boy for 4 years (photo of the finished product below) and proceed to the design.

The decoration of the dessert depends entirely on yourpreferences and fantasies. A 4-year-old boy's birthday cake may include decoration with small marmalades, sugar "jelly" and gooey marshmallows.

Chocolate sponge cake with sugar syrup

To get the most delicate cake for a boy for 4 years, you will need the following products:

• flour 250g;
• margarine 150g;
• cocoa powder 100g;
• cream 200 g;
• vanillin;
• cinnamon;
• eggs 3 pcs;
• cane sugar 150g

First of all, knead the dough:

• beat eggs, sugar and vanilla with a whisk or mixer until smooth;
• grind flour with margarine;
• add egg mixture, cocoa and cinnamon to flour;
• knead the dough and transfer it to the mold.

The biscuit is baked for 25 minutes at 180 degrees.

Now make sugar syrup:

• boil water;
• pour the rest of the sugar;
• wait until the syrup turns brown and remove the saucepan from the stove.

Add cocoa to the cream, pour a spoonful of sugar and beat the cream well.

Now divide the biscuit into two halves and grease them with chocolate cream. We also treat the sides and top of the dish with cream, and then send it to a cold place for several hours.

Cake from ready-made waffle cakes

The simplest andA quick-to-cook recipe is the following. A similar dessert can be made not only in the form of a birthday cake for a 4-year-old boy, but also for quiet evening meetings with friends.

You will need the following items:

• wafer cakes 1 pack;
• condensed milk 350 grams;
• chocolate drops 150 grams.

Open the package of cakes and begin to grease each of them with condensed milk. It is very important to firmly press the cakes to each other so that they are better saturated and become more tender. Then brush the sides and top of the cake with the remaining milk and sprinkle it with chocolate drops.

Unusual dessert with colored cakes

Such a cake for a 4 year old boy is ideal for a holiday and will delight the hero of the occasion with its delicate cream, juicy cakes and unusual appearance.

Recipe Ingredients:

• wheat flour 350g;
• eggs 2 pcs;
• margarine 150g;
• food coloring;
• water;
• sugar 100g;
• a pinch of s alt.

We break down the cooking process into the following steps:

• sift flour through a sieve, add margarine and mix the resulting mass;
• mix eggs with sugar and a pinch of s alt until a white foam forms;
• pouring egg mixture with flour;
• we dilute dyes with water according to the instructions;
• divide the dough into three parts and add one color mixture to each;
• put the dough into a mold and bake for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

We will use sour cream for this dish.

How to make sour cream?

To make sour cream cake for a 4 year old boy with your own hands, you will need:

• sour cream 200 grams;
• sugar 150 grams;
• eggs 2 pcs;
• powdered sugar 100 grams.

To begin with, separate the yolks from the proteins and beat them with a mixer. Next, pour the sugar and powder, mix the mixture and beat again until smooth. Now add sour cream and proteins, mix and bring to the formation of foam with a mixer.

After the biscuit is baked, take it out of the oven and cut it into two parts each. Lubricate the cake with sour cream, put a new one on top, but of a different color. We collect all the layers in this way and coat the sides and top with the remaining cream.

We will decorate a multi-colored biscuit cake for a boy for 4 years with chocolate chips and fresh strawberries. We clean the fruits, remove the leaves and roots, and divide the strawberries into two parts. We cut one into small layers, and leave the second untouched. We spread the cut pieces on the sides of the biscuit, while the whole strawberry decorates our pastry on top.

Before serving this dessert to the festive table, it should be kept in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Below are more design options.

"Lazy" honey cake: cake for a boy for 4 years

This is one of the easiest and most delicious recipes. For hiscooking does not require a lot of time, effort and culinary skills.

Ingredients:

• margarine 150g;
• egg 2 pcs;
• sour cream 150 g;
• cane sugar 200g;
• flour 350 g;
• powdered sugar 80g;
• a pinch of soda;
• honey 2 tbsp. l.

First of all, put a saucepan with honey, sugar and water on a small fire, stir occasionally and bring to a caramel shade. Then pour the flour into a deep bowl and add margarine. We chop the dough with a knife, add two beaten eggs and mix everything thoroughly. We knead our dough and divide it into three parts.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the cakes to bake for 10-15 minutes.

Now let's move on to making sour cream:

• mix sour cream with sugar in a small bowl;
• beat with a mixer, pour in the powdered sugar and bring to a uniform color and condition.

We take out our honey cakes and start collecting the cake. Lubricate each layer with sour cream and spread the next one on top. Try to press the cakes firmly against each other to make the cake softer and more tender.

With the rest of the cream, we coat the sides and top of the honey cake, and from small pieces of cakes we make crumbs for decoration. Sprinkle it on top of the cream, add some grated chocolate and send our cake to the refrigerator for several hours.

The honey cake turns out soft, with well-soaked cakes and with a delicate honey aroma.