Vanilla Layer Birthday Cake

I couldn't wait. Here is the recipe for the birthday cake I made for Dad's birthday. Have a look at the last post for pics of the party.
I am really terrible at sticking to recipes. This one was meant to be from the Primrose Bakery cupcake recipe book but I definitely didn't follow the method. I am a cake baking maverick.

Here's what you need:

For the cake..

• Two 8 inch cake tins
• 225g soft butter
• 210s self raising flour, sifted
• 25g corn flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons of milk at room temperature

To beautify:

• A batch of buttercream icing
• Raspberry jam
• Strawberries

Made up Method:

Right so this is what I did. I take no responsibility if yours doesn't work out. You just are not as much of a talented baker extraordinaire. No really. I have made this a few times and it always works so you should be grand if you want to give it a go.

Cream the butter and sugar together. Sieve in the flour,cornflour and baking powder and mix gently. If you over mix the batter when the flour is in they can get all tough and horrible. Next add your eggs. And beat until they are incorporated. This is where I add the milk and vanilla. Put the batter into your buttered tins and place in a 180 degree oven (160 if it's a fan oven) and bake until a skewer comes out clean. Cool. As in cool down on a rack but I guess they are pretty cool too.

To make the buttercream icing, cream 110g of soft butter with 500g of icing sugar until it is nice and smooth. Add 60 ml of milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. You can also put in a few drops of food colouring but I didn't bother.

Now decorate however you like and let them eat cake!

Joey x