Basic Easy Butter Cake
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 125 g butter or 125 g margarine
- 1⁄2 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
- 1⁄2 cup milk
directions
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a t ime beating well after each addition. Add vanilla essence. Beat.
- Fold flour into creamed mixture alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
- Spoon into greased 20cm square cake tin.
- Bake in moderate oven (180 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in tin 5 minutes before turning out. Cool completely before icing.
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Reviews
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I've made this cake dozens of times but never got around to reviewing it - sorry! This is a fabulous cake; I make mine using my stick blender in a big bowl and bake in a 9" round cake tin. It is wonderful if you substitute the vanilla for some grated lemon or orange peel and a teaspoon or two of the juice. Also wonderful if you substitute a quarter of a cup of the flour for a quarter cup of cocoa (add a pinch of baking powder to make up for it if you feel like it) or sometimes I throw in some chocolate chips. It keeps well for at least a couple of days - it's never survived long enough to know just how long it will keep! Excellent cutting/lunchbox cake which is firm enough to ice or transport without worry. We love it!
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I've made this cake dozens of times but never got around to reviewing it - sorry! This is a fabulous cake; I make mine using my stick blender in a big bowl and bake in a 9" round cake tin. It is wonderful if you substitute the vanilla for some grated lemon or orange peel and a teaspoon or two of the juice. Also wonderful if you substitute a quarter of a cup of the flour for a quarter cup of cocoa (add a pinch of baking powder to make up for it if you feel like it) or sometimes I throw in some chocolate chips. It keeps well for at least a couple of days - it's never survived long enough to know just how long it will keep! Excellent cutting/lunchbox cake which is firm enough to ice or transport without worry. We love it!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Wendy's Kitchen
Australia
Working mother living in beautiful Sydney, Australia.