This is the third cake I tried from A Piece of Cake by Camilla Saulsbury and I must say it worked like a charm. I made it for dessert on a weeknight (as you can tell from the pics) when we had guests over and I made it alongside dinner. How many cakes can you say this about? Other cake recipes from the book – One-bowl Orange Fruit Cake | One-bowl Chocolate Truffle Cake
Easy One-Bowl Butter Cake with Chocolate Cream Frosting
Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Makes one 8″ cake Serves 8 people Source: A Piece of Cake by Camilla V Saulsbury
Ingredients: 1 ⅓ cups of plain flour ⅔ cup of sugar 2 tsp of baking powder ½ tsp of salt 1 egg ⅔ cup of milk ¼ cup of butter, softened to room temperature 1 tsp of vanilla extract
How I Made It:
- Preheat oven to 350F / 180C. Grease an 8” baking tray with butter and flour.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt
Add egg, milk, butter and vanilla to the flour mixture. Using an electric mixture on medium-low speed, beat for one minute. Scrape down sides and beat for another minute
Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
Bake for 25-30 mins until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with moist crumbs at the end. Cool on a rack. For the Chocolate Cream Frosting: 1. Beat one cup heavy cream until fluffy – about 1 min on high speed.
Add 2 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 cup icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar) to this.
Beat again for a minute on high speed until the frosting reaches spread-able consistency.
Spread evenly on completely cooled cake. Since I didn’t add too much sugar, the frosting was not too stiff. Cut and serve! Notes: – I used brown sugar because I didn’t have any white sugar in hand. Use white sugar for a fluffier, whiter cake – The frosting ingredients and measurements are eye-balled. You can add more sugar (another cup) if you want it to be stiffer. You need to beat it for longer too – Take care not to overbeat the mixture, otherwise the cake will not be soft
