Basic Firm Butter Cake
50 minutes
A basic butter cake that can be baked into any shaped tin and iced with any flavour icing. This is my go to recipe and I hope it becomes yours also.
5 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 130g butter, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
- 1/3 cup milk
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:50min
- Beat butter with vanilla until light and creamy. Add sugar then beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Stir in 1/2 the sifted flour with 1/2 the milk. Stir until combined. Add remaining milk and flour. Stir lightly then beat lightly until mixture is smooth.
- Spread into a greased tin then bake at 190 degrees C for 20-30 minutes, until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.
