Standard butter cake
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Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 - 35 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 two-layer cake
A classic and easy cake to make with your family.
Ingredients
125g butter or margarine, softened
250ml (210 g) castor sugar
5ml vanilla essence
500ml (280 g) Snowflake cake flour
10ml baking powder
1ml salt
125ml milk
80ml water
5ml cream of tartar
1 quantity butter icing
4 extra-large eggs, separated
Method
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and creamy. Add essence.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add, alternately with milk and water, to egg mixture. Mix well.
- Beat egg whites until foamy, add cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peak stage. Gently fold egg whites into cake mixture, using a metal spoon. Spoon mixture into two greased 20 cm round cake pans.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 30 - 35 minutes. Leave in pans for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Sandwich cake layers with half the icing. Use remaining icing to ice top of cake.
