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Vanilla Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
  

  • 150g | 2/3 Cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
  • 150g | 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 150g | 3 Large Eggs, weigh without shells
  • 1 1/4 Tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 150g | 1 1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 1/4 Tsp | 6g Baking powder measure in grams recommended
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt, if using unsalted butter
  • 3 Tbsp Milk, room temperature

Instructions
 

  • Measure the butter, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder using a weighing scale to get perfect results. If you don't own a weighing scale, fluff & scoop out the flour in the cup using a spoon instead of directly taking the flour with the cup.
  • Butter should be at room temperature not too hard nor too soft for perfect cake texture. Beat the butter on medium speed till smooth for a few seconds. Beat the sugar with the butter on low speed for 1-2 mins till color changes to white.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, mixing each egg till fully incorporated around 15-20secs. Add the Vanilla Essence. Beat on medium speed till nice and fluffy.
  • Place a Sieve on top, add the All purpose flour, Baking powder & Salt. Sift the dry ingredients in three batches alternating with the milk ending with the dry ingredients. Mix on low speed or just fold with your spatula till just incorporated. Do not over mix. Overmixing results in dense cakes.
  • Bake @170C in a preheated oven for 40-45 mins or till a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. I used a 7 inch Tin. Allow to cool in a cooling rack for 15-20 Mins. Loosen the sides first gently then reverse on a plate.

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Notes

1. To get accurate results every time i do recommend weighing all the ingredients specially the butter, sugar, eggs and the dry ingredients in grams using a kitchen weighing scale rather than by cups or teaspoons. I measure the baking powder too for a perfect rise.
2. Measure your eggs first without the shells, use the same weight of butter, sugar and flour to get perfect well balanced taste of a pound cake. If your eggs are small then you can add some egg white from another egg to weigh 150g total without shells.
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