My Mother is having a significant birthday next month and she has decided that my present to her will be a decorated cake for the family get together. Since I have no idea what to get her, a cake seems like a great idea. Of course being very particular, she wants a vanilla butter cake with buttercream icing, covered in ivory fondant with large pink fondant/gum paste roses and a lace surround…yes Mother dearest!
But before I begin to think of how to decorate this blessed cake, I need to find and practice a cake recipe. If the cake doesn’t taste nice no amount of fancy decorations will make it better!
Ingredients
Vanilla Butter Cake
- 3 cups self raising flour
- 1 cup plain flour
- 6 eggs @ room temperature
- 2 cups caster sugar
- 300g/10.6oz unsalted butter cubed @ room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
Buttercream Icing
- 250g/8.8oz unsalted softened butter
- 3 cups icing sugar mixture sifted
- 2 tblsp milk
- A few drops of food colouring (I used 4 drops of rose pink) – optional
This recipe makes a huge amount of batter that can be split between two 23cm/9 inch round cake tins, or one large 30cm/12 inch cake tin (make sure they are well lined/greased). The recipe calls for mixing everything all at once in a large mixing bowl…which is unlike any other cake recipe I’ve ever come across. Usually you cream together the sugar and butter, then add the eggs and then the dry ingredients…anyway I decided to do what I was told for once in my life.

never tried this butter cream icing method, the cake looks good
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