Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sponge cake with a difference

So, I like to trawl the web sometimes to find new recipes, and i found one that caught my eye. Of course, i had to replace some of the ingredients with George friendly ones, but it all came together, and the cake is a keeper! Now the thing about this recipe is that it calls for you to warm the milk and the butter, before adding it to the recipe- don't question it, just do it! :)
So here goes-First preheat your oven to 180C (350F).Take 1 3/4 cups plain flour, add 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 2 cups of sugar. Now take your cup of butter, and put it in the microwave for about 1 minute on high, add it to your mixture. Do the same with 1 1/4 cups of milk, add to the mixture. Add 5 teaspoons vanilla extract, and 4 eggs. Mix until the mixture doesn't have any lumps in it anymore, then turn into a greased cake tin (i used a bundt tin today but the original recipe suggests a 9x13 inch tray).
Bake it for around half an hour (or until the top goes a nice golden color, and a knife comes out clean)
Now you can decorate it with your favorite icing, my children just made a quick water and icing sugar icing today, and colored it with a few drops of yellow food color. Then they made it pretty with glace cherries :)


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