Basic Cake

Basic Cake

This is a basic cake that can be your fall back thing in dire times. It often happens in my house that my husband sprigs guests on me unexpectedly. Cooking a meal in matter of hours is not a trouble at all. However when it comes to dessert I am loathe to serve some packaged or processed stuff. I feel that even the simplest of home made desserts are better than getting something from the market. 

Somethings that can be made quickly are Tipsy pudding, mousse cakes, tarts. If nothing else a combination of cake, jelly and custard also tastes nice. However one basic thing you require is a basic cake. And when you are in a hurry the last thing you want is to bring out cups and spoons and keep measuring ingredients.

This basic cake has a very simple count of ingredients. The three main things, flour, butter and sugar, are in equal proportions and you don’t have to spend too much thought in making the batter. This is a buttery white cake which tastes great in combination with whichever dessert you are planning.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups flour

1 ½ cups butter

1 ½ cups sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.

Line and grease a 9” cake tin.

Cream together the butter and sugar till pale and frothy. Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add the essence. Sift together flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture. Pour the batter in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes.