"SLC-S24/W3 | Ribbon Cake"

Hi guys I'm happy to take part in this week challenge and it was really awesome to explore different food colours for making cake I've been saying it but I never give it a try I was so happy as I was able to achieve this.

I purchased some of my ingredients in the market while I also have some leftover from the previous cake that I made.

For cake

• Butter 150g
• Sugar 150g
• Flour 150g
• Eggs 3
• Baking powder 1 1/4 tsp
• Vanilla 1 tsp
• Food coloring pink, green

For icing

• Butter 30g
• Icing sugar 90g

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I mixed my icing sugar and the butter together then spread the icing on the green cake covered it with the pink cake and the binding was great. The result is seen below 👇

What difficulties did you encounter while making this recipe?

I didn't experience much difficulty just that I was careful not to mixed up the colours. If a drop of green fall into pink, the colour will automatically change so I was very careful so as to get the colours correctly. So I separated them so as not to mixed up.

Explain the importance of each of the ingredients you used in making this cake.

Each ingredients in cake, has it purpose and it should be use in appropriate portion or measurements so as to have it correctly.

Flour : This is the main ingredient of cake which gives cake the foundation or will I say the structure. Anything can be used to form cake base or main ingredient like rice, oat, cassava flour. But in any cake preparation there must be a flour to make the cake have a structure.

Milk it add more taste to the cake and it also hydrates the cake which helps to bind the dry ingredients. It serves as protein and add vitamins to the cake.

Sugar : It helps sweetened the cake and it also add moisture to the cake. For example while mixing the butter and sugar together, as the sugar dissolved, it becomes moist.

Baking powder : it serves as a leaven agent in the cake which helps the cake to rise and bake with a fluffy texture.

Vanilla : it is a flavour, it adds flavour to the cake, making it appetizing to eat.

Egg : It contributes to the moisture of the cake and it is a binder as well in a cake. It helps binds the ingredients together. It is also protein, so in the mixture of carbohydrate, there should be protein.

Food colours pink and green: this enhanced the cake making it look appetizing to the eyes

Butter : it helps the cake to be soft after baking, then it add moisture to the mixture thus, helping the dry ingredients to mixed well.

If you were given the opportunity to share this delicious cake with a Steemit friend, who would you share it with? Explain why you chose that friend. (Must be at least 100 words.)

I know how much @lovinah likes cake and her baby too likes cake. She regularly buy cake for herself and baby, her wedding anniversary is coming soon and I wanted her to have a taste of my cake maybe I will be awarded a contract to supply them cake for the anniversary.

Aside from her anniversary, she is also a good marketer which live in a populated environment of course she will help me run some advert to people that needs cake and recommend me well to have the work done. Therefore sharing my cake with her, will bring in a lot of motivation and also advert for me.

And I did share my cake with her, I invited her to my place and she have a taste of it. Lovinah I believe you have a great taste of it share your experience.

My minichef actually helped me while baking and she consciously keep asking me "Is the cake done? Please mummy check" this her reminder helps me stay alert so my cake won't get burnt. She helped me taste the batter and the cake.