Dessert

1-2-3-4 Cake

Serves 8 · 60 minutes

This is a traditional American recipe for a 1-2-3-4 cake, a simple form of yellow cake. The name comes from the volumetric ratio of butter to sugar, flour, and eggs.

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Ingredients

1 cup (240 g / 8.5 oz) butter
1 cup (240 ml / 8.1 oz) milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups (450 g / 16 oz) white granulated sugar
3 cups (400 g / 14 oz) all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 pinches of salt
4 eggs

Method

Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, ensuring the batter is well mixed after each egg.
Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
Bake at 175 °C (350 °F), until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs.