Classic Birthday Cake

Name: Classic Birthday Cake
Yield: 1 layer cake
Ingredients: 240 g All-Purpose Flour; 1.25 tsp Table salt; 2 tsp Baking powder; 4 each Eggs; 397 g Granulated sugar; 14 g Vanilla Extract; 0.125 tsp Almond extract; 227 g Milk; 57 g Butter; 67 g Vegetable oil; 106 g Natural cocoa powder; 454 g Confectioners' sugar; 0.25 tsp Table salt; 74 g Water; 14 g Vanilla Extract; 284 g Butter

Golden vanilla layers wrapped in chocolate buttercream.

3 hours 0 minutes1 layer cake

Ingredients

Ingredients for1 layer cake
Ingredient	Amount
Cake
All-Purpose Flour	240 g
Table salt	1.25 tsp
Baking powder	2 tsp
EggsLarge. At room temperature.	4 each
Granulated sugar	397 g
Vanilla Extract	14 g
Almond extractOptional.	0.125 tsp
Milk	227 g
Butter	57 g
Vegetable oil	67 g
Frosting
Natural cocoa powder	106 g
Confectioners' sugar	454 g
Table salt	0.25 tsp
Water	74 g
Vanilla Extract	14 g
ButterSoftened.	284 g

Method

1
Heat the oven to 165°C/325°F and line two deep 23cm round pans. Mix flour, cake salt and baking powder.
2
Whip eggs, sugar and extracts until thick. Fold in dry ingredients. Heat milk; melt the cake butter into it with oil, then gradually mix into the batter.
3
Divide between pans and bake 26–30 minutes. Cool completely.
4
For frosting, mix cocoa, 113g icing sugar, salt, hot water and vanilla. Beat in softened butter and the remaining 341g icing sugar until fluffy. Fill and coat the cooled layers.