Cookbook:1-2-3-4 Cake

1-2-3-4 Cake
Category	Cake recipes
Servings	8-10
Time	prep: 20 minutes baking: 60 minutes
Difficulty

Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | United States | Cake

A traditional American recipe for a 1-2-3-4 cake, a simple form of yellow cake. The name comes from the list of basic ingredients:

• 1 cup of butter
• 2 cups of sugar
• 3 cups of flour
• 4 eggs

Contents

Ingredients

• 1 cup (240 mL) butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder,
• 3 pinches salt
• 4 eggs

Procedure (brief)

1. Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
3. Beat in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, ensuring the batter is well mixed after each egg.
4. Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
5. Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
6. 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 it.

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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

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