Plain Cake for Loaf or Layer Cake

by myrecipes.org.uk
(UK)

Ingredients:


2 eggs 1 cup sugar 3 teaspoons Oleo or butter 1/2 cup milk 1/2
teaspoon salt 1-1/2 cups flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
vanilla

Method--Beat eggs light, add sugar, butter, milk, salt and all but 2
tablespoons of the flour. Beat well, add vanilla, then add the remainder of the
flour with the baking powder, sifted together. Bake in loaf or layer cake
pans.


PLAIN CAKE

2-1/2 lbs. meal, 1 breakfastcupful sultanas, 1 oz. ground bitter almonds, 3 oz.
chopped sweet almonds, 2 eggs, 3 oz. butter or 1/2 teacupful of oil, 6 oz.
sugar and 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1/4 oz. yeast, milk to moisten the cake.
Dissolve the yeast in a cup of warm water, 100 degrees Fahrenheit in winter, 85
degrees in summer; make a batter of the yeast and water, with two spoonfuls of
the meal, and stand it on a cool place of the stove to rise; do not let it get
hot, as this will spoil the yeast. Meanwhile prepare the fruit and almonds, mix
the meal, fruit, butter (or oil), sugar, cinnamon and eggs; then add the yeast
and as much lukewarm milk as is required to moisten the cake. The dough should
be fairly firm and wet. Let the dough rise in front of the fire. Fill into
greased cake tins and bake for 1-1/2 hours.

Easy-Peasy Chocolate Cake Recipe

1/2 cup butter

11/2 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs, well-beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa

4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

11/4 cups milk

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, beating lightly. Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk. Beat mixture well.


Pour batter into 2 8" X 10" layer cake pans and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Easy Recipe for Vannila Cupcakes

by Marman Kenneth
(Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa)

You will need:

2.5 cups white sugar

500g magarine

8 tbls sunflower oil

8 large eggs

4 cups of cake flour

8tbls baking powder

pinch of salt

750ml full cream milk

3tbls vannila essence


Methods:

Set your oven to 180 and leave to warm up.

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Get another bowl and beat the magarine, oil and sugar till smooth and creamy then add you aggs. Beat the mixture. Add the mixture of dry ingrediants and beat till smooth. Pour the fresh milk in and stir. after a smooth and creamy mixture, pou in the vannila essence and stir.

If you do not have baking cups. Grease your cup cake pans with magarine, pour some flour and make sure that the flour cover all the pan on top of the magarine. DO NOT press the flour to mix with the magarine. Bang the pan ( Do Not Damage it) so to take out the flour bits. Pour you mixture in and bake.

Leave them in the oven till golden coluor.