1-2-3-4 Cake
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. Recipe source: “1-2-3-4 Cake”, Wikibooks Cookbook contributors, en.wikibooks.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted). Photo: me, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Total time
- 80 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 624
- Protein
- 9g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
Step 2
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
Step 3
Beat in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, ensuring the batter is well mixed after each egg.
Step 4
Gradually sift in the dry ingredients, alternating with small additions of the milk.
Step 5
Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
Step 6
Bake at 175 °C (350 °F), until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs.
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