We all need balance in life. I have to have sweets, yummy treats! Just in moderation. My amazing grandmother passed on her simple recipe for the most versatile, wonderfully delicious basic cake ever. It is so easy; it can be made quicker than baking a box cake. I’m sorry, opening a mix and adding a few ingredients is not baking from scratch! This is baking at its best. I call it magic since you can transform it so easily with just a few ingredients.
1 stick margarine or butter
¾ -1 cup sugar (see note)
2 eggs
½ cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
Choice of mix-in’s (choc chips, raisin and pecans, etc)
Preheat oven 350. Cream 1 stick margarine or butter and 1 cup sugar (since I usually add choc chips, I usually use less - 3/4 cup), add 2 eggs - beat, add 1/2 cup milk - beat. Then add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla and 2 cups flour and beat.
I normally add 3/4-1 cup choc chips --coated with flour lightly.
other variations:
marble - pour into pan saving a little batter, add 1 to 2 tsp cocoa and add to batter and mix add to pan and swirl with knife.
peach--put in 3/4 batter in pan, slice peaches down center, cinn sugar and cover with rest of batter.
apple crumb--put 3/4 of batter in pan, slice in apples, make mixture of 1 T flour, cinnamon sugar and granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter - cut into small pieces. Mush mixture -best with fingers --like crumbs. add on top of apples then rest of batter.
Raisin and nut—mix approximately ¾ cup raisins and chopped pecans with 1 tsp flour and add to batter. Optional-sprinkle top of cake with cinnamon sugar and/or use almond extract instead of vanilla
Bake 350 for 25 minutes if making cupcakes, 45 minutes if making mini loaf cakes or 50 min for loaf cake. I have found all different size pans, I tend to use the mini loaf cake the most. Hefty EZfoil comes in 53/4x31/4x2” – this recipe makes 4. If necessary, just double to make 8.
Enjoy!!
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