200 Cake

This 200 Cake is a very simple,quick recipe that can be adapted to your preferences.  It is a slightly dense  but moist cake which I use when I am in a rush or feel like making something easy. Perfect for afternoon tea or just when you feel like it. Have a go at this recipe!

This recipe is adapted from- Alive and Cooking

Ingredients

- 200g Melted Butter

- 200g (1 cup) Caster Sugar

- 200g (1 1/3 cup) Self Raising Flour

- ½ tsp Baking Powder 

- 4 Large Eggs (preferred at room temp.) 

- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence 

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180^oC (160^oC fan forced) 
2. Line the bottom of a 25 cm cake tin and grease the sides 
3. In a bowl put all the ingredient together and using a mixer (or a whisk is fine) mix till batter is just combine and all ingredients are incorporated
4. Pour batter into cake tin and bake in the oven for 35-40 mins or until its done
5. Take cake out ,when the knife is clean from pricking the center and cool in tin for 5 mins 
6. Have warm or let it cool and have at room temperature 

Serve with berries,cream or ice-cream but is also great alone.

Make it your own! 

Lemon or Orange 

Add the zest of one lemon or orange grated into the batter.

At the end when the cake is cooled add a glaze ,1 cup icing sugar and 1/2 cup orange or lemon juice mixed together and poured on top of the cake.

Fruit 

1 can of tinned mango -

Layer the mango on the bottom of the cake tin before pouring the batter in. 

When taking the cake out of tin, flip upside down and reveal your fruit top to the cake. 

Tips & Notes

*When converting the grams to cups for ingredients, it may not always be accurate (e.g 1 cup caster sugar is 220 grams ) so using kitchen scales is the best but since I personally don't have a set, I use the cup measurements which with a basic recipe is fine. 

*If I use the tinned fruit in this recipe I reduce the sugar to slightly less then a cup because canned fruit can be very sweet. 

* I don't measure exactly when doing recipes, that I like to play around with because then you get a feel for what your making. Basic recipes are good for this, so you start to understand making cakes. Exact measurements are good for new and delicate recipes. 

Check the Tips & Notes if you are unsure about trying the recipe because I will inform you when (especially for beginners)  to be accurate with measurement and when it's alright to experiment. 

"Nothing says home like the smell of baking"