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Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting

  • Writer: Eats by Vimbiso
    Eats by Vimbiso
  • Jan 19, 2019
  • 1 min read

Fluffy and very moist vanilla cake combined with a delicious chocolate frost.



I used two baking trays but one is enough you'll just need to cut the cake in half before frosting.

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 40 minutes


You need:


For the cake

1 cup sugar

4 eggs

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

3/4 cup oil

1 tsp vanilla extract


For the Chocolate Frosting

1/3 cup butter

2/3 cup cocoa powder

1 cup icing sugar

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla extract


Procedure:

For the Cake

Preheat oven at 180°c.

In a large bowl, mix sugar and eggs and a minute until slightly. thickened.



Gradually add the flour and baking powder to the mixture.



Add the milk, mix then add the oil and vanilla extract.



Mix the batter altogether for 2 minutes only. Do not over mix.


Grease your baking tray with oil/butter



Pour the batter into the baking tray



Bake for 40-45 minutes




For the Frosting by

Melt the butter in a pot on low heat



Add the cocoa powder and stir mixture until smooth


Remove the mixture from the pot and place into a bowl


Add the milk and vanilla with the icing sugar to the bowl and whisk until you have the spreading consistency you desire.



Use a butter knife to frost your cake



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