Easy Butter Cake
1 hour 5 min
An easy, dense vanilla cake that uses simple ingredients. For a really decadent version, use the seeds scraped from a vanilla pod instead of vanilla extract. Serve as is, or with fresh fruit and cream.
annef
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Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 300g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 200g salted butter, softened
- 3 egg yolks
- egg yolk for glazing
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:1hr5min
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar in a bowl. Add the vanilla and butter and knead for 5 minutes. Add the 3 egg yolks and knead again. The dough should no longer stick to your hands. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Press into a cake tin or pie dish. Brush with the egg yolk. Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
