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Recipes (continued)
Basic Butter Cake
175g butter, room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
2 ¼ 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
½ cup shredded coconut
1 ¾ cup self-raising flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
¹⁄³ cup milk
TOPPING:
75g butter, melted
¾ cup maple syrup
¾ cup 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.