First birthday cake recipe help!!

[Beach Mama]

Thanks Nic - you are a legend! I'm making the fairy toadstool one for her!!! It is sooo cute!

[Snacks]

Hey Tan, do you have to do much cutting of the cake to arrange it? I made a white chocolate mud for Natty's, and because the cake was so dense it was easy to cut, KWIM?
I am at work ATM, but if you're keen I can post recipe when I get home?

[Beach Mama]

Nope no cutting really- it is 2 cakes done in pudding steamers and the top of one just needs to be flattened a bit and that it!!! I chose it because its easy!! White choc mud sounds good too - mmmm how am I gonna choose!

[nic]

Aww..I love the fairy toadstool one, it does look beautiful doesn't it. DD wanted me to make it one year, but I couldn't get the right size cake tins.

Ok, the donna hay recipe I have is a basic cupcake recipe, and I use the devondale extra soft, extra spreadable butter. I used a different butter last year, and it didn't seem to taste as nice.

375g butter
1 and a half cups caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 eggs
3 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder

Pre heat oven to 160. Place butter, sugar and vanilla in bow and beat until light and creamy.
Add the eggs, two at a time, beating well.
Sift the flour and baking powder over the butter mixture and mix until combined.
Fill patty cases until 3/4 full and bake for 35 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Makes 24 cupcakes.

I use to make this in a couple of batches for DD's cakes, but started using a packet mix to save some time.

Do we get to see pics of the cake?

Nic

[sangie]

Tan I will be using the Green's buttercake mix and praying that it comes out ok! I got it at Safeway.

[ShootingStar]

I make this cake all the time.. being we usually always have the ingredients and its soooooooo nice:

125g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
2 cups self raising flour
pinch salt
1/2 cup milk

Beat butter and vanilla together until white, add sugar, beat until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk. When all ingredients are added, beat mixture lightly intil smooth.

Bake in well greased 20cm round or 19cm square cake tin. Back in moderate (180) oven 55 to 60 minutes. (do keep an eye on it though.. i usually check it at about 35 minuites)

And thats it. Topped with a good butter icing (50g butter, 125g icing sugar, 1 teaspoon milk & 1/2 teaspoon vanilla).. and its sooooo nice.. in fact im eating a slice right now!