Vanilla butter birthday cake for my little girl
I found that a butter birthday cake recipe really is the best choice for my girl’s birthday. Endlessly adaptable and easy to make. This recipe can be shaped, tinted and altered to make any of my favorite kids cakes. This is not the perfect cake and can stand up to any amount of manipulation, start with this recipe.
Ingredients:
- 2 egg
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 115 g butter softened
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 cup self-raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
For making ICING:
- 2 cup icing sugar
- 15 g butter
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tbs liquid food colouring optional
Method
- Remember to preheat the oven to 180C.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl of an electric mixer.
- Beat on low speed until thick, then beat on high speed for 2 minutes. The mixture will be thick.
- Lightly grease a cake or muffin tin with butter.
- Pour cake mix into the tin and bake for 30-45 minutes.
- Allow to cool, then spread with icing.
Making Icing:
- First, mix icing sugar, butter, milk, and food coloring together to form a thin icing.
- And then place in the fridge for 20 minutes to set.