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Last updated: 20 May 2010

Plain and Simple Vanilla Cake

Recipe by: scott  |  Photo by: gapch1026
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  • Ready in: 50 mins
Plain and Simple Vanilla Cake
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  • Prep: 20 mins  Cook: 30 mins
  • Serves: 12
This is the simplest cake I've ever made. Great to make with the kids, especially if you use it for buns or fairycakes. I'll leave it up to you to ice or serve with fresh cream and strawberries.

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Ingredients

200g (7oz) sugar
115g (4 oz) butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
200g (7oz) flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
120ml (4 fl oz) milk

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4). Grease and flour a 23cm tin or line a bun tray with paper cases.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until the mixture is smooth. Pour or spoon mixture into the prepared tin or bun cases.
3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. For fairy cakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch.

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  • Tweak: Stubborn Took shortcuts:

    instead of putting the flour and baking soda in a different bowl then adding it to the creamed mixture, I sieved the flour with the bakind soda into the creamed mixture plus I used an electric whisk

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    Tweak: julesjules14 Used different ingredients:

    I added a good couple of handfuls of dark choc chips...Yummy

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  • Review: HellyBelly

    Love this cake so much lighter than standard vanilla sponge recipe. I used large eggs, self-raising flour and castor sugar.

    Posted: 06 May 2010 Easy

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    Review: julesjules14

    I really enjoyed theses fairy cakes, very quick and easy to make. They are quite sweet though so watch out on the caleries

    Posted: 16 Feb 2010 Easy

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Nutrition

  • Calories 209.1kcal
  • Protein 3.1g
  • Sugars 17.5g
  • Total Fat 8.9g
  • Saturated Fat 5.2g
  • Salt 165.4mg
 
 
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