Take for pick of dry cake flavors from simple vanilla and fruit to chocolate cakes

If you are looking for a dry cake recipe or something sweet to consume alongside your favorite cuppa, you are at the right place. Pick from this range of dry cake flavors from a sumptuous vanilla dry cake, or chocolate dry cake, to a simple dry fruit cake perfect for serving guests or baking ahead and eating slowly. Try these recipes for a sweet treat at your fingertips. 

1. Fruit Dry Cake Recipe

(Serves 15)

Ingredients

• 200 gm all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 100 gm light brown soft sugar
• 150 gm unsalted butter, cubed
• 3 eggs, whisked
• 250 gm dried mixed fruit

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease an 8 x 5-inch loaf tin, then line with parchment paper with ample overhanging over the sides. 
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, and sugar into a big bowl, giving them a quick mix. 
3. Cut in the butter, then fold the whisked eggs, mixing as needed, taking care not to overmix. You'll have a smooth batter in the end, add milk as necessary to reach a wet consistency.
4. Add the dried or candies fruit next, and mix to incorporate.
5. Pour the cake batter into the loaf tin and bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes. The cake's top will brown and have a nice rise. Your cake is done if a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
6. Let it cool in the tin for a few minutes then transfer the cake to a wire rack. 
7. Slice into 15 pieces and consume alongside tea.

2. Vanilla Dry Cake Recipe

(Serves 16)

Ingredients

• 115 gm butter, softened
• 200 gm sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 210 gm all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 120 ml milk
• To garnish: Caster sugar, fresh berries 

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Then grease a nine-inch round cake pan and flour it, tapping out the excess. Set aside. 
2. Take a bowl, and using an electric handheld mixer, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. This takes about three to five minutes.
3. Add one egg, and beat, then add the next egg and beat again. Add the vanilla extract and mix lightly to incorporate. 
4. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl, then add them to the wet ingredients bowl in three parts, alternating with milk, in two parts, beating after each addition until no dry streaks remain. 
5. Tap the cake against your kitchen counter to fill up any air pockets if any.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Poke the center with a skewer to check for crumbs, if it comes out dry, your cake is fully baked.
7. Take out the cake and let it cool in its pan for 15 minutes. 
8. Remove the pan from the cake and transfer it to a wire rack. 
9. Before serving, dust with caster sugar and fresh berries. 

3. Chocolate Dry Cake Recipe

(Serves 10)

Ingredients

• 140 gm all-purpose flour
• 50 gm Cadbury Cocoa Powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ⅛ tsp salt, optional
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 200 gm granulated sugar
• 135 gm unsalted butter, melted and divided 
• 120 ml milk, room temperature
• 1 + ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 60 ml hot water

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, then grease a standard loaf tin with butter and place parchment paper in it, with ample overhanging the sides. You can skip this and flour it as well after greasing. 
2. Take a saucepan, and stir to melt butter in it on medium heat. Set aside to cool. 
3. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Give it a light mix and set aside.
4. Whisk eggs with sugar in another bowl. Add the warm melted butter, milk and vanilla extract and mix until combined. 
5. Add the dry ingredients in three parts to the wet bowl in three parts, mixing as you add. After the third addition, pour the hot water and mix. You'll have a smooth cake batter in the end. 
6. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf tin.
7. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the cake's center comes out clean. A few crumbs equals a fudge cake. 
8. Remove from the oven and let the cake cool for 15-20 minutes in pan. Then transfer to a wire rack and let it cool before slicing.