Hurry Up Cake With Variations
Excellent in a hurry cake, we like the spice variation with the orange icing best. Easy! Make it with your eyes closed.
Steps
Frosting choices: sift icing sugar over or chocolate butter icing or lemon / orange butter icing.
Simple butter icing- icing sugar , butter , cocoa , tiny bit of milk , for chocolate , just measure amounts that look right and whip them all together.
Lemon or orange butter icing: the same as chocolate except instead of cocoa , use lemon or orange zest , and a teaspoon of vanilla or a tiny bit of the lemon or orange juice.
Sift before measuring , cake flour , resift with sugar.
Add soft butter , eggs , milk , salt baking powder and vanilla.
Beat these ingredients vigorously with a wire whisk or electric beater for 2 or 3 minutes.
Bake the cake in a buttered 9 x 13 inch pan or in two 8 inch buttered , round layer pans in a moderate oven for about 1 / 2 hour or until tester inserted in middle comes out clean.
Variations-----------.
Spice cake: add to flour , 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 / 2 teaspoon cloves.
Chocolate cake: use 4 tablespoons less flour and add to flour 4 tablespoons.
Ingredients
cake flour, sugar, butter, eggs, milk, salt, baking powder, vanilla