Everyday Cake Recipes

EVERYDAY CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, beating in 1 at a time.
• Stir in vanilla and grate in a little fresh nutmeg.
• Combine dry ingredients (except powdered sugar) together in a separate bowl.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in part of the flour mixture into the butter mixture, then add some of the milk, then stir in more of the flour mixture, repeating until everything has been added, beating after each addition by hand.
• Pour into a greased cake pan (square 9inch) and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 20 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Let cool, cut into squares, and dust with powdered sugar before serving.

EVERYDAY COCOA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
• Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla.
• Add flour mixture and water alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour and mixing just until combined.
• Pour batter into cake pan and bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Cool in pan 1 hour. Invert onto a rack, then turn right side up and dust with confectioners sugar.