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Basic vanilla cake

Name: Basic vanilla cake
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes Cakes
Cuisine: English

jambubble (Community Member)

A star rating of 3.1 out of 5.32 ratingsRate

32 comments

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time25 mins
- 30 minutes cooling time
Easy
Makes Cakes

Makes yummy traditional style cakes, easily adaptable.

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125g Butter
125g Caster Sugar
125g Self Raising Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
2 eggs, beaten
1tsp Vanilla Essence

Method

step 1
Preheat the oven to 195C/fan 175C/gas 3.5
step 2
Cream the butter and sugar together until it becomes a pale yellow/white colour.
step 3
Sift in the flour and baking powder. Then add the eggs and vanilla essence. Fold together until it is all combined.
step 4
Place the mixture in to greased tins or cupcake cases.
step 5
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and springs back when gently pressed. Once baked leave to cool for 30 minutes.

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knoxnatalie15Ggx_U088

2 years ago

I added milk to make it more cake consistency t so,far so good

aimeetapp05

2 years ago

Don't make this cake. Waste of time, money, and effort. Cake mix was dry, it was as if I was making a cookie mix. Followed instructions of greasing tins and poured mixture in and put oven 175°c fan for 15/20 minutes like it said. Timer went of after 17 minutes, realising that the outside was cooked…

jackyspowell91pns6tz6o

2 years ago

My advice to anyone following this recipe is to use 3 eggs. Put eggs in and whisk one at a time BEFORE you sift and fold the flour in! Also, use 2 tsp baking powder and a dash of milk (3 tbs after eggs) 30 minutes at 180 will cook it through.

The recipe above is so flawed, you won't get a rise…

eiriwenv3S2ABOQ

2 years ago

My mixture had alr cakey texture but in the oven it took double the amount of time it advertises to cook through. Also it came out kinda crusty and musty. I'm putting a second batch in since the first one didn't rise as much as I needed it to.