Vanilla Cake Recipe Wanted!!??

julsey, Aug 6, 7:21pm
Hi I'm after a vanilla cake recipe that would be suitable to use as a wedding cake, which would then be iced with fondant. Cheers

pam.delilah, Jan 2, 4:06pm
here is a nigella lawson's very nice recipe
she uses abundt tin but a sq or round tine roughly the same size would do

vanilla cake

225g soft butter, plus extra for greasing
300g caster sugar
6 eggs
350g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
250ml low-fat natural yoghurt
4 tsp vanilla extract
1-2 tbsp icing sugar, to taste
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F Place a baking tray into the oven to heat.
2. Grease a 2. 5 litre/4 pint 8fl oz bundt tinvery liberally with butter or spray
2. Place everything except vanilla and icing sugar into a food processor.
3. Blitz until smooth and well mixed
3. Mix the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and spread until level. Place the tin on the preheated baking sheet in the oven and cook for 45-60 minutes, until well risen and golden-brown. After 45 minutes, push a metal skewer into the centre of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is cooked.
5. Remove the cake from the oven and place onto a wire rack, without removing it from the tin. Leave to cool for 15 minutes.
7. Gently pull away the edges of the cake from the tin with your fingers, then carefully turn out the cake onto the wire rack. Leave to cool completely.
8. Once cool, sieve the icing sugar over the cake. Serve in slices.