I decided to bake something simple but satisfying today. After multiple projects of intensive decorating and fiddling, it was time to return back to the basics – a moist butter cake.
The recipe is basic and simple enough – as follows:
250g butter
250g caster sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
250 self raising flour
60ml milk
1. Cream butter and sugar together with an electric mixer. Add eggs in one at a time as well as vanilla.
2. Fold in flour with milk.
3. Pour into a 8″ square cake tin lined with greaseproof paper and bake at 160 Celcius (fan forced) for around 45 minutes or until when skewer is inserted, it comes out clean.
I had it with a cup of French Earl Grey tea (my favourite) and it did not disappoint. Not one bit.
100 Days Of Evelyn 
looks simply delicious!
It’s gorgeous!
Many thanks, Evelyn, for this simple recipe – the cake turned out perfect. Despite some adjustments I made (temp in F + adding lemon zest + 3 eggs left in my fridge + buttermilk instead of milk kind of thing), it was delicious.
Radhika 😀
Glad you tried it and liked it – I actually always wonder if people are even reading the recipes that I post up and if it’s worth the trouble but you’ve proved to me people actually are! 🙂