EASY VANILLA CAKE RECIPE

A vanilla cake recipe is a timeless classic, whether you are just starting out or a professional. We all need an easy cake recipe that can be prepared in very little time, you can keep it simple at the beginning then go all out as you gain more experience. This recipe can be used for birthdays, special occasions, or just at home with some tea. All you need are eggs, flour, butter and sugar, bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes.

Once it has cooled down, spread butter cream frosting all over it and top it up with fruits or icing sugar, at this point our cake is ready to be served. You can not go wrong with this easy cake mix that is both delicious and easy to make.

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

Heat the oven to 185°C . Lightly grease your cake tin with a little extra butter or margarine and cut a piece of non-stick baking parchment to fit the base of the tin.

Put all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl, mix with a hand mixer for about 1 minute or until all ingredients have mixed in well together. Do not beat the butter too much just enough to smoothen it out.

Pour the cake mix into the baking tin and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 45-50 minutes. Once the cake is golden and well risen then it is officially cooked and ready but to make sure insert a knife at the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then you are good to go.

If you are constantly craving cake but never really have the time or energy to get baking, these very simple recipes should be of great help, it will not take much of your time and you will love the simplicity and flavour in it.