Classic Butter Cake
40 minutes
A good butter cake is simple and doesn't really need any icing at all. This one is only a tad more trouble than using cake mix and twice as good.
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Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups cake flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 120g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 3/4 cup milk
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C and grease a 23x33cm baking tin.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer until pale, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time then vanilla. Beat 5 minutes.
- Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk in about 4 batches. Mix until just smooth, then pour into the baking tin. Bake 20 minutes or until it tests done.
