Home made Vanilla cake

Ingredients

1. All Purpose Flour - 1 .5 cup
2. chopped nuts        -3 tsp
3. eggs                     -4
4. sugar                   -1 cup
5. baking powder      -1 tsp
6. baking soda          -1/2 tsp
7. vegetable oil         - 3 tsp
8. melted butter       - 3/4 cup
9. Vanilla Extract      -1 tsp
10. salt                       - 1 pinch

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a  two 8 inch cake pans
• Break the all 4 eggs into the bowl and beat them for 15 min.The more u beat the egg the less the egg smell u ll get in the cake .
• Add vegetable oil,butter to eggs and Beat it again.
• Add nuts ,sugar to the mixture of eggs and vegetable oil mix them well.
• In another bowl, put baking powder, baking soda ,flour,salt and  mix them gently.
• Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and mix them gently. Make sure that there are no pockets of flour in the mixture.Batter will be thick.
• Divide the batter into two and Pour into a buttered pan, Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until the center is done.Cake is done when a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean
• Remove the cake from oven and set it aside and cool it for 15 to 20 minutes. After that take the cake out and leave to cool totally
• Decorate according to your wish

*** Add mashed banana in above recipe  if u want banana bread  .

VANILLA BUTTERCREAM

•  Unsalted butter       -1 cup (2 sticks or 230g) softened to room temperature
•  Powder sugar            3-4 cups (360-480g)
• Heavy cream              -1/4 cup 
•  Vanilla extract -2 tsp
• salt, as needed

Method

• To make the frosting, beat softened butter on medium speed with an electric  mixer.
•  Beat for 3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add powdered sugar, heavy cream , and vanilla extract with the mixer running. 
• Increase to high speed and beat for 3 minutes. 
•  Frost cooled cake as desired and top with sprinkles..

*** Add few drops of food colour of your choice into the frosting cream