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Vanilla Cake

This recipe provides instructions for making a basic vanilla cake. It serves 8 and takes a total of 55 minutes, with 30 minutes of active cooking time. The ingredients include butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and milk. The instructions describe how to prepare the cake pan, cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs and other wet ingredients, and bake the cake at 400°F until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Vanilla Cake

This recipe provides instructions for making a basic vanilla cake. It serves 8 and takes a total of 55 minutes, with 30 minutes of active cooking time. The ingredients include butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and milk. The instructions describe how to prepare the cake pan, cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs and other wet ingredients, and bake the cake at 400°F until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Serves: 8 Total Time: 55 min Cook Time: 30 min Oven Temp: 400 Ingredients 1 1/2 cup(s) Sifted Cake

ted Cake Flour 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) Baking Powder 1/4 teaspoon(s) Salt 1/2 cup(s) (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, softened 1 cup(s) Sugar 2 large Eggs, room temperature 1/2 teaspoon(s) Vanilla Extract 1/2 cup(s) Whole Milk

Directions 1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat an 8-inch cake pan with butter and dust with all-purpose flour. Sift the cake flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl. 2. Beat in the butter one heaping 1/4 teaspoonful at a time, using an electric mixer set on low speed, until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Beat in the sugar a tablespoon at a time, until the mixture resembles fine damp sand. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla and milk, and beat on medium-high, just until blended. Do not overbeat. 3. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. 4. Un-mold and cool completely. Ice with Browned-Butter Glaze. Tips & Techniques Before you begin, check baking powder expiration date. If it has passed, buy a fresh canister.

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Simple Vanilla Cake ingredients


175g (6oz) margarine or softened butter 175g (6oz) caster sugar 3 large eggs 175g (6oz) self-raising flour, sifted 1tsp baking powder 1tsp vanilla extract pinch of salt method

1. Heat the oven to 180C (gas mark 4). Lightly grease an 18cm (7in) round cake tin with a little extra butter or margarine and cut a piece of greaseproof paper or non-stick baking parchment to fit the base of the tin. 2. Put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or a handheld mixer for 1 minute, or until just combined. It's important not to beat the batter too much - just long enough to make it smooth. 3. Pour or spoon the mixture into the tin, smooth the top and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 45-50 minutes. The cake is cooked when it looks well risen and golden; the top should spring back when lightly touched with a fingertip. Another test is to insert a skewer into the centre of the cake - it should come out clean.
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Let the cake sit in the tin for 5 minutes, then gently run a knife around the edge and turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

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