1-2-3-4 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.
Source and licence
"1-2-3-4 Cake" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:1-2-3-4_Cake, revision 4608393), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:1-2-3-4_Cake&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (240 g / 8.5 oz) butter
- 1 cup (240 ml / 8.1 oz) milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (450 g / 16 oz) white granulated sugar
- 3 cups (400 g / 14 oz) all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 pinches of salt
- 4 eggs
Method
- Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
- Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Beat in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, ensuring the batter is well mixed after each egg.
- Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
- Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
- Bake at 175 °C (350 °F), until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs.