Vanilla Cake with Buttercream Icing
Vanilla Ca ke with Buttercream Icing For the cake. 160 gms butter (room temperature) 1 cup fine sugar ½ cup milk 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence 210 gms flour 1½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking soda Preheat your over at 180degrees. Butter and flour a baking tin. Whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla essence until frothy Sieve the baking powder, baking soda and flour together Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and smooth. Add in the milk-egg mixture. Then the flour and combine till smooth. Put into the oven and bake for about 40 minutes. Check with a toothpick or skewer. And when it comes out clean demould and cool the cake. Cut into layers. For the frosting, I whisked about one and half cup icing sugar. Added one tablespoon of room temperature butter at a time until I got a really thick buttercream. Add a tsp of vanilla essence and a tablespoon of milk. Whip it nicely until smooth and creamy. I had just enough icing for a crumb coat. Decorated with a