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BaSIC ButteR CaKe
125g butter, softened
¾ cup castor sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
2 x 60g eggs
2 cups self raising flour
½ cup milk
1 quantity Vanilla Icing
1.
Cream butter and sugar in the small mixing
bowl on Speed 7 until light and fluffy.
2.
Add vanilla then eggs one at a time, beating
well after each addition, until well combined.
3.
Using Speed 3, gradually add flour and milk
alternately into creamed mixture, mix until
smooth.
4.
Poor mixture into a well greased and base-
lined 23cm loaf pan.
5.
Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 45 minutes
or until cooked and golden brown.
6.
Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
7.
When cold, ice with Vanilla icing or dust with
icing sugar.
great cake base to decorate kids party cakes.
vaNIlla ICINg
20g butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 – 2 tablespoons warm milk
1.
Combine butter, icing sugar, vanilla and milk in
the small mixing bowl on Speed 1.
2.
Increase to Speed 4 and mix until smooth.
Use as required.
fRuIty tea CaKe
1 cup mixed dried fruit, chopped
¾ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup/250ml boiling water
2¼ cups self-raising flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon mixed spice
2 x 60g eggs
Icing sugar, for dusting
1.
Combine the fruit, sugar, butter and water in
the large bowl and mix well on Speed 1, cool
slightly.
2.
Sift flour, cinnamon and mixed spice together.
3.
Using Speed 3, add eggs one at a time into the
fruit mixture then gradually add spiced flour
until well combined.
4.
Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased and
base-lined 20cm square or round pan.
5.
Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 45 minutes
or until cooked and golden brown. Cool for 5
minutes, turn out and cool on rack.
6.
Cool for 5 minutes, turn our and cool on rack.
7.
When cold, dust lightly with icing sugar.
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