Easy Numbers Cake for Birthdays

Ingredients

Theoretically, you can use any sponge cake for the number cake. However, it should not be too moist but tends to be a little "drier" or stable. You bake the dough on a regular baking sheet. I recommend limiting it with a baking frame or aluminum foil so that the cake is not too flat in the end.

How to make the Numbers Cake

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Baking number cakes without a mold is convenient - otherwise, you would have to buy a new mold for every birthday cake.

I use a sheet of paper as a template for the number cake. And create a document with significantly enlarged numbers. You should need to cut off as few scraps as possible. Place the number on the dough and cut it out with a sharp knife. Then we continue with the fun part: decorating the number cake!

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Numbers Cake

Easy, quick recipe for a delicious number birthday cake. You can decorate the number cake without a mold with all your favorite sweets.

Prep Time25 minutes mins

Baking Time30 minutes mins

Servings: 1 large number

Calories: 376kcal

Ingredients

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For the dough

• 250 grams (1 cup) butter, soft
• 170 grams (⅘ cup) sugar
• 5 eggs, medium
• 300 grams (2 ⅖ cups) all-purpose flour
• 100 grams (1 cup) ground almonds, or nuts
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 220 milliliters (1 cup) milk
• 1 small bag baking powder

For the decoration

• 250 grams (1 cup) chocolate coating
• mini treats, e.g. mini chocolates, cookies, smarties

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper and border it (see tip). Beat the soft butter with the sugar for a few minutes until fluffy. Gradually stir in all the eggs, one at a time.
• Mix flour with almonds, cocoa and baking powder. Stir in alternately with the milk. The dough should be neither firm nor runny but hard to tear from the spoon. Spread the dough on the prepared baking sheet, smooth it out and bake for about 30 minutes.
• Place a large paper number template on the cooled cake (see tip). Cut out using a sharp knife - there should be as few cake scraps as possible. Melt the chocolate or cake glaze in a hot water bath. Coat the cake with it. Wait briefly so that the chocolate is no longer quite so liquid. Then decorate with treats.

Notes

• Depending on how high you want the cake to be, I recommend using a baking sheet or double-folded aluminum foil to border the baking sheet. The area should be roughly 12*10 in/ 30*25.
• A document with a big number coloring picture is suitable as a number cake template. Whether you need one or two numbers, these are about DIN A4 sheet size. You should have to cut off as few scraps as possible!

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Variations

After frosting the cake with chocolate, wait a minute, so the treats don't "float" away. Mini chocolates, cookies and Co. on top. By the way: You can prepare the birthday cake well the day before. And from the leftover cake, you can make delicious cake pops, for example.