Simple cake recipe?

[Katt]

Hello all!

I am looking for simple cake recipes. I love baking but really suck at it - most goes in the bin! So something quick and simple would be great. No fancy ingredients, or any fussiness! Something I can just whizz together and throw in the oven!

Any ideas?

 

[curly123]

6oz marge/butter
6oz castor sugar
6oz SR flour
3 eggs
I put a few drops of almond/vanilla extract too

cream marge/butter
add 1 egg at a time with 3rd of flour each time
add the flavouring if you're using it - mix well

grease your cake tin and drop a bit of flour around it to line it - tip out any extra

oven at 180 degrees - dip a matchstick in it after 40 mins - keep checking every now and then - if matchstick comes out clean with no mix on it it's done!

(you can also use this for making 2 thinner cakes and putting some cream and strawberries in the middle when it's cool for a birthday-it'll cook quicker)

Hope this helps!

 

[healthymommy]

you can heck out on google or foodnetwork website. i also look online for simple and easy recipes

 

[MissCurly]

pretty much what curly123 said. and if i want to make choc cake, i would substitute 1 to 2 oz flour for cocoa powder.

 

[Katt]

Thanks!

I made it like you said curly123 but added some cocoa powder like miss curly said.

It was yummy! But I think the dtin was a it big, it was quite flat even though it had risen and was slightly overcooked on the outside. I haven't got a smaller tin so next time I think I will use half as much again - do you think thst will work?

 

[MissCurly]

i think if you want cake to be thicker then you're either going to have to increase the batter or buy a smaller tin.

the other day i really fancied cake and using that very ratio, of 1 egg: 2 oz flour: 2 oz butter: 2 of sugar.
and stuck it into a silicon muffin tray, and stuck some choc pieces into it. YUM.

 

[curly123]

Hey glad it worked although yes like miss curly said too that equation works:
1 egg to every 2oz sr flour, 2oz castor sugar, 2oz butter/marge so as long as your tin is the right size it should be fine! I agree don't use half the amount if you want a thicker cake and are going to use the same tin - Get a smaller tin/use more cake mix!

Oh and misscurly I make small batches of cupcakes all the time cause I fancy cake lol!

I also add banana to this with choc chips sometimes and sometimes I add apple and cinnamon (just use a normal apple cut into little pieces the size of your thumb nail and cinnamon to your taste - nice for Xmas!)

I always put anything else I'm adding in a little bowl and toss some flour around it before I put it into the mix - this stops it from sinking to the bottom of the cake when baking!

Let us know how you get on!

 

[Laura2919]

My cake recipe is the same for cupcakes and cakes.

8oz butter, caster sugar, self raising flour, 4 eggs, 5ml vanilla extract and a little bit of milk but not always needed depends on the eggs.