Vanilla cake
Serves 8
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Allow extra time for decorating.
Vanilla sponge cake mix. You can then decorate how you want.
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Cake batter
- 125g self raising flour
- 125g softened butter
- 125g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
Filling
- 125g self raising flour
- 125g softened butter
- 125g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
- 200g softened butter
- 400g icing sugar
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops of food colouring if wanted
- 5-6 tbl spoons of jam
Topping/decoration
- 125g self raising flour
- 125g softened butter
- 125g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
- 200g softened butter
- 400g icing sugar
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops of food colouring if wanted
- 5-6 tbl spoons of jam
- Buttercream for base topping
- Fondant to cover whole cake(coloured if preferred)
- Flowers flowers
Method
step 1
Preheat oven to 180'cstep 2
Grease cake tin with grease proof paperstep 3
Add butter and caster sugar to a mixing bowl. Mix until combined and soft.step 4
Add eggs to sugar and butter mix. Mix until combined into a liquid paste. Also at this point add vanilla extract.step 5
Fold in the flour gently until you get a slightly stiff batter.step 6
Add cake mix to the cake tin and level out by shakimg the tin until service is flat.step 7
Bake for 20-25 mins(until the top is spongy or a cake probe is clear from putting into the top). Tip: try not to open the oven door until at least 20 mins or your cake will collapse in the centre.step 8
Remove from the oven and leave to cool. While your cake is cooling. Mix butter until softened and add icing sugar until its a stiff mixture(always soften butter completely because if not your mix will split). Add vanilla extract to taste and food colouring if wanted.step 9
Once your cake is cooled. Slice directly through the middle. Add jam to bottom of the cake and 2/3 butter cream over the jam (piping looks nicer than spooning the mixture).step 10
Add top of the cake to bottom.step 11
Decorate to your own taste. I use fondant icing and flowers or shapes depending on what the cake is for. You can also just add icing sugar sieved on the top to create a victoria sponge.
