Basic Butter Cake
Ingredients
- maida-1 1/2 cups
- powdered sugar-3/4 cup
- butter-1/2 cup
- baking powder-1 1/2 tsp
- vanilla essence-1 tsp
- milk-1/2 cup
- eggs- 2
temperature-180*c or 350 *f
Method
- beat together butter and vanilla essence in a bowl,until light and fluffy.
- gradually add sugar ,beating well all the time.
- add eggs one at a time,beating well after each addition.
- sift maida and baking powder together.
- pour flour mixture and milk alternately,into butter mixture.
- pour batter into a buttered and floured cake tin,bake till done or when it leaves the sides of the tin or is springy to touch.
- allow cake to stand in tin for 5 minutes,before turning onto a wire rack to cool completly.
- when cold do icing of your choice.
variations
can add raisins to the above mixture
tutti-fruity cake
add 1/2 cup of tutti fruity pieces to the above mixture
chocolate cake
mix 1/4 cup melted chocolate into the basic cake mixture,before adding flour mixture and milk
replace 2 tblsp maida with 2 tblsps cocoa powder.
coffee cake
replace vanilla essence with 1 tblsp instant coffee powder dissolved in 1 tblsp boiling water.
cool and then add to butter when beating.
coconut cake
replace vanilla essence with 1/2 tsp coconut essence(optional) and add 1/4 cup desiccated coconut to flour mixture
banana cake
omit milk from recipe.
add 3 small ripe mashed bananas to the butter and egg mixture.
sift maida ,baking powder and 1 tsp soda and fold into banana mixture
page revision: 28, last edited: 07 Jun 2008 02:10