Kids' party recipe for 8 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has butter, golden caster sugar, egg, self-raising flour, whole milk, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, butter, icing sugar and pink food colouring.
Super-easy birthday cake
Course: Kids party
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Egg: 4 large eggs
- Butter: 225g butter, at room temperature
- Self Raising Flour: 225g self-raising flour
- Golden Caster Sugar: 225g golden caster sugar
- Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Cocoa Powder: 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Whole Milk: 3 tbsp whole milk
- Icing Sugar: 300g icing sugar, sifted
- Pink Food Colouring: pink food colouring
Directions
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter two 18cm loose-based cake tins andline the baseswith baking parchment. Beat the butter and sugar in a mixer or by hand, then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Fold in the flour, milk and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth.
- Divide the mixture between two bowls. Sift the cocoa powder into one of the bowls. Scrape the vanilla batter into one tin and the chocolate batter into the other and level the tops. Bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool for 5 mins, then transfer to awire rackand cool completely.
- To make the icing, beat the butter and add the icing sugar a little at a time, beating each lot in until you have a smooth, creamy icing. Add a little pink colour and beat it in (add more if you want a stronger colour). Sandwich the two cakes together with icing and spread the rest on top using a palette knife. Will keep in an airtight container for three days.
