Cookbook:1-2-3-4 Cake

1-2-3-4 Cake
CategoryCake recipes
Servings8–10
TimePrep: 20 minutes
Baking: 60 minutes
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | United States | Cake

This is a traditional American recipe for a 1-2-3-4 cake, a simple form of yellow cake. The name comes from the volumetric ratio of butter to sugar, flour, and eggs.

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Procedure (brief) edit

  1. Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
  3. Beat in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, ensuring the batter is well mixed after each egg.
  4. Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
  5. Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
  6. Bake at 175 °C (350 °F), until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs.

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