Thinking about tagging this post, I'm inclined to tag it under "things British people like". There's something in this country about simple cakes topped with creamy icing and fruit - at tea time, no one seems to be able to resist them. I took this cake to a party for work this week and, well, it's all gone. I also made a batch into cupcakes for D's school birthday, and it made a good 28 British-sized 'fairy' cakes, and one batch of frosting topped both the cake and the cupcakes.
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Simple Vanilla Cake (from Donna Hay's Off The Shelf)
250 grams butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1.5 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
2.5 tsp. baking powder
I used a 9-inch springform pan, but could easily use a square pan or cupcake moulds.
Preheat your oven to 160 C. Cream your butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in your eggs and vanilla, and keep beating until it no longer appears curdled. Sift in your flour and baking powder, and fold together. Pour into a parchment-lined pan and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool before icing.
Vanilla Icing
Makes enough for two cakes
250 grams butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat your butter until light, and then beat in your vanilla and icing sugar, bit by bit, until smooth. Refrigerate if necessary, but apply to your cakes when it's soft and spreadable.
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