Breville BEM200 manual Cakes, Basic Butter Cake, Vanilla Icing, Fruity TEA Cake

Cakes

BASIC BUTTER CAKE

125g butter, softened ¾ cup castor sugar

½teaspoon vanilla essence 2 x 60g eggs

2 cups self raising flour

½cup milk

1 quantity Vanilla Icing

1.Cream butter and sugar in the small mixing bowl on Speed 7 until light and fluffy.

2.Add vanilla then eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, until well combined.

3.Using Speed 3, gradually add flour and milk alternately into creamed mixture, mix until smooth.

4.Poor mixture into a well greased and base- lined 23cm loaf pan.

5.Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 45 minutes or until cooked and golden brown.

6.Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

7.When cold, ice with Vanilla icing or dust with icing sugar.

Great cake base to decorate kids party cakes.

VANILLA ICING

20g butter, softened

1 cup icing sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 – 2 tablespoons warm milk

1.Combine butter, icing sugar, vanilla and milk in the small mixing bowl on Speed 1.

2.Increase to Speed 4 and mix until smooth.

Use as required.

FRUITY TEA CAKE

1 cup mixed dried fruit, chopped

¾cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 2 tablespoons butter

1 cup/250ml boiling water 2¼ cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon mixed spice 2 x 60g eggs

Icing sugar, for dusting

1.Combine the fruit, sugar, butter and water in the large bowl and mix well on Speed 1, cool slightly.

2.Sift flour, cinnamon and mixed spice together.

3.Using Speed 3, add eggs one at a time into the fruit mixture then gradually add spiced flour until well combined.

4.Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased and base-lined 20cm square or round pan.

5.Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 45 minutes or until cooked and golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes, turn out and cool on rack.

6.Cool for 5 minutes, turn our and cool on rack.

7.When cold, dust lightly with icing sugar.

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