Simple vanilla celebration cake
Rodney Bowers got a lesson in baking and cake decorating from a talented 9 year old Billie!
SERVES
2
TO
3
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the buttercream icing:
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 3/4 cup egg whites
- 2 cups (1 block) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- A pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- Any additional flavoring to taste (ex. strawberry puree, Oreo crumbs, cream cheese etc.)
Directions
For the cake:
- Beat the butter and sugar. Cream until colour turns pale.
- Gradually add eggs one at a time. Scrape the bowl and make sure everything is combined.
- Combine the dry ingredients.
- Combine the wet ingredients.
- Add alternating dry and wet ingredients in to the batter.
- Bake for ten to 13 minutes at 325°F, or 25 to 30 mins for a 15 centimeter cake.
For the icing:
- Cook sugar and egg white over a double boiler until 160F.
- Beat the meringue into hard peaks with whisk and let it cool down.
- Add in salt.
- Add chucks of soft butter and vanilla extract with a paddle until is smooth.
- Add in your additional flavorings.
