1-2-3-4 Cake
| 1-2-3-4 Cake | |
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| Category: | Cake recipes |
| Servings: | 8-10 |
| Time: | prep: 20 minutes baking: 60 minutes |
| Difficulty: |  |
| United States | Cake
A traditional American recipe for a 1-2-3-4 cake, a simple form of yellow cake.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (240 mL) butter
- 1 cup (240 mL) milk
- 2 cups (480 mL) sugar
- 3 cups (720 mL) flour
- 3 teaspoons (15 mL) baking powder,
- 3 pinches salt
- 4 eggs
Procedure (brief)
- Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
- Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs.
- Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
- Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
- Bake at 175 °C (350 °F), until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs.
Procedure (detailed)
Preparation
You will need these things:
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The ingredients. (Salt not shown here)
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Cooking implements: beaters, large bowl, cup measurement and large cake tin. Scales optional.
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An oven, of course!
Method
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1. Preheat your oven.
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2. Cream the butter and sugar together.
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3. Crack the eggs in, and beat them in too
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After beating in the eggs, it looks like this
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4. Now get your flour and milk
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5. Mix a little bit of flour in
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6. Then a little bit of milk
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Repeat 5 and 6 until done. By now the mixture will be very smooth
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7. Pour the mixture into a greased and floured cake tin, then pop it in the oven
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8. Checking if the cake is "done": put a sharp knife or skewer into the centre of the cake
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If the knife is dirty - the mixture is still wet - put it back in! (This was after about 15 minutes, it takes a lot longer)
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Finally, it's done! Notice how brown the top is, due to the high sugar content
