Basic Butter Cake, Variations | Sunbeam MX1000K, MX1000P manual

Recipes (continued)

Basic Butter Cake

175g butter, room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 eggs

2¼ cups self-raising flour ¾ cup milk

1.Preheat oven to 180˚C. Grease and line a 20cm round cake pan.

2.Place all ingredients in the bowl. Using the beater attachments beat on Speed 2 until combined. Increase to Speed 5. Beat for a further 4-5 minutes or until light and fluffy.

3.Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand cake for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool.

Variations:

-Dark Chocolate Butter Cake: Increase the total amount of eggs to five. Add ¾ cup of good quality cocoa to the finished mixture. Gently fold to combine. Cook as per above instructions.

-Lemon Butter Cake: Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of lemon rind to the finished mixture. Gently fold to combine. Cook as per above instructions.

-Orange Butter Cake: Add 1 tablespoon of orange juice and 2 tablespoons of orange rind to the finished mixture. Gently fold to combine. Cook as per above instructions.

Best Ever Banana Cake

125g butter, room temperature ½ cup caster sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

400g mashed bananas

½cup shredded coconut 1 ¾ cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ¹⁄³ cup milk

TOPPING:

75g butter, melted

¾cup maple syrup

¾cup shredded coconut, toasted

1.Preheat oven to 180˚C. Grease a 28cm fluted ring pan.

2.Using the beater attachments on Speed 5, beat cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla essence and beat a further 1 minute.

3.Reduce Speed to 3. Add eggs one at a time and beat until well combined.

4.Using a wooden spoon, fold through the mashed banana and coconut.

5.Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda together and fold through the banana mix alternately with the milk.

6.Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and slightly pulling away from the sides of the pan. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

TOPPING

1.Combine the butter, syrup and toasted coconut together and pour over the cake whilst still warm.

2.Serve with double dollop cream.

MX1000, MX1000K, MX1000P specifications

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