Plain cake
A recipe from
cooking-ez.com December 30th 201977 K3.5
For 1 cake, you will need:
Times:
Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
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25 min. | 30 min. | 35 min. | 1 hour 30 min. |
Step by step recipe
- 1:
Allow ingredients to come to room temperature
Take the butter out of the fridge at least 1 hour beforehand.
Break the eggs then weigh 125 g butter carefully; this is important for the rest of the recipe. Put into a bowl and leave at room temperature for at least 1 hour. - 2:
Make the cake batter
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 g butter (cut into small pieces), 110 g caster sugar and 15 g Vanilla sugar. - 3: Start beating and mix the sugar and butter thoroughly.
- 4: Add the eggs one at a time...
- 5: ...and beat until the mixture is smooth.
Important: If the mixture begins to curdle, stop beating and plunge the bowl into a pan of hot water, beating with a hand whisk until the mixture homogenizes (normally about 1 minute). - 6: Sieve 160 g flour and 10 g baking powder together.
- 7: Mix into the batter with whisk.
Refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes. - 8:
Bake the cake
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Pour the batter into the mould or tin. - 9: Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Test the centre of the cake to check that it is cooked .
Remarks
If you want to include dry fruit, chocolate chips, etc., add these at
stage 6, mixed with the flour.
November 14th 2024.