Everyday Cake
Homemade everyday cake featuring Foundation Recipe. Simple to make and deeply satisfying.
Ingredients
- Foundation Recipe
- 200 gm self raising flour
- 2 eggs
- pinch salt
- 4 tbspn milk
- 100 gm Stork margarine
- 100 gm caster sugar
- 100 gm fruit (see notes)
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- 2
Line the bottom and sides of a 7 inch cake tin (removable bottom is best) with ovenproof paper.
- 3
Melt some butter or margarine and lightly paint the paper lining.
- 4
Sieve the flour and salt into a large bowl.
- 5
Cut the margarine into small cubes and rub into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- 6
Stir the sugar into the mixture with a metal spoon.
- 7
Stir the fruit into the mixture with a metal spoon.
- 8
In a small bowl, beat the eggs lightly with the milk.
- 9
Add the eggs and milk to the cake mixture and mix thouroughly.
- 10
Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top.
- 11
Bake in the oven for , and after this time ensure that a skewer pushed into the centre of the cake comes out clean, and if not, continue to cook for a few minutes longer.
- 12
When finished, remove from the oven and allow to cool for .
- 13
Finally, turn out the cake, remove the paper, and allow to cool on wire tray.