Classic Butter Cake

Name: Classic Butter Cake
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup All-Purpose flour or plain flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp baking Powder; 1 cup white Sugar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1/2 cup butter (room temperature); 2 eggs (room temperature); 3/4 cup milk (room temperature)

Rae @LoveRae

I found this recipe a little while ago and it looked easy enough so I thought I'd give it a go.

Rae @LoveRae

I found this recipe a little while ago and it looked easy enough so I thought I'd give it a go.

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Ingredients

45 mins

6 servings

1 1/2 cupAll-Purpose flour or plain flour
1/2 tspsalt
2 tspbaking Powder
1 cupwhite Sugar
1 tspvanilla essence
1/2 cupbutter (room temperature)
2eggs (room temperature)
3/4 cupmilk (room temperature)

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Steps

45 mins

1

Preheat oven to 350 F/190 C/Gas mark 5.
2

Grease an 8 inch baking pan, then line with parchment paper or dust with flour.
3

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl.
4

In another bowl beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer until fluffy and light in colour.
5

Beat in the eggs one by one mixing well after each addition.
6

Mix in the vanilla essence.
7

Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture. Stir until blended.
8

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
9

Bake for 30-35 minutes. Stick a wooden skewer in the middle to see if its done, if skewer comes out clean its cooked through.
10

Let it cool in pan for 20 minutes before trying to remove it.
11

Transfer to a cooling rack or plate when cooled slightly.
12

When its completely cooled sift powdered sugar over the top of the cake.

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Rae @LoveRae

on April 26, 2014 15:41

I enjoy making and trying new food from all over the world. I recently changed my eating habits and began eating healthier and as such a lot of the recipes I add will be healthy recipes to lose weight.Cookpad is my online recipe diary. I'm happy to share the recipes I cook for my family and myself with the online community.