The Best Cannot Fail Cake Recipe

lucylema

Hubby has asked me to bake him a cake when I am off work next week. Now usually my cakes comes out looking like biscuits so does anyone have a fail safe recipe for a vanilla sponge/chocolate sponge which I can use for a big cake and little ones please?

Mrs_Grey

The easiest recipie I usually make is this

Weigh 2/3/4/5 etc eggs and break into a bowl.
Add the same weigh of
Sugar
Plain Flour
Stork margarine or butter or equivalent at room temperature
Add 1teaspoon of baking powder for each egg
And a pinch of salt

Mix everything together really well. Pour into tins and bake at 180c

A two egg mix will make 12 fairy cakes and take about 10 mins
A three egg mix will make 12 large muffins. Takes about 15 mins
A four or five egg mix will make two sandwich cakes and takes 25-30 mins depending on your tins. They are done when they are very light brown and spring back when you touch them.

Make sure you put the oven on before you start to get it hot enough.

Hope that helps. You can add sultanas or cherries or chocolate chips. I added a chopped apple (pieces about the size of a pea) and a handful of raisins to a two egg mix yesterday and they were yummy.

bluebag

I cheat and use Mr T's value sponge mix, usually make lemon drizzle cake with it. Shhhhhhhh..... don't tell 'em.

esmy

I find the BeRo milk chocolate cake recipe works every time. You can also substitute Baileys for the evaporated milk if you'd like a boozy cake......

http://www.be-ro.co.uk/recipe/showrec77.html

jessicamb

whatever recipe you follow get the oven hot before you put the cake in and dont open the door until the end of the cooking time. That should help the cake to keep its rise.

VfM4meplse

bluebag wrote: »

I cheat and use Mr T's value sponge mix, usually make lemon drizzle cake with it. Shhhhhhhh..... don't tell 'em.

Is it any good? At just 23p plus the cost of an egg, it's certainly inexpensive!

Nicki

The usual reason for a cake to be a bit flat (or very flat ) is because you have used the wrong sized cake tin for the amount of cake mix. You need the right size bottom and high enough sides in the cake tin to get a good rise.

Try here for some hints about what size cake tin to use for volumes of cake mixture:

http://www.deliaonline.com/equipment/tins-of-all-types.html

kippers

Use two 8 inch cake tins

Preheat your oven Gas 4
Grease the tin and sprinkle with flour

6oz S/r flour
6oz caster sugar
6oz soft marg or butter
3 eggs
1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder

Seive flour / cocoa into a bowl
Bung in the other ingredients and mix until combined.
If it doesn't drop off your spoon easily add a little bit of water.
Put in your cake tins and bake for 25 minutes.

Check it is cooked by inserting a screwer...if it comes out clean it's cooked.

Good luck