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Vanilla Cake


  • Author: Louise

Description

Beautiful, simple and classic – a delicious double layer vanilla cake!


Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
 
 
 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Line two 23cm round cake pans or one 23 x 33 cm rectangular baking pan with wax paper. Grease the paper and the sides of the pan well.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs together until slightly thickened – about one minute.
  4. Add sifted flour, milk, oil, baking powder and vanilla essence, and beat for another minute – just until the batter is smooth and creamy. Don’t overbeat. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan(s).
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until the tops are golden and a toothpick poked into the centre of the layer comes out clean. A single rectangular pan will take longer to bake than two round ones.
  6. Loosen the sides of the cake from the pan with a thin knife, then turn out onto a rack and peel off the paper. Let cool completely before covering with frosting, if desired.