SBS Food

www.sbs.com.au/food

Basic butter cake

In Adam and Poh’s Great Australian Bites, with the help of Australian baking legend Pamela Clarke, Poh and Adam made a butter cake like this one (just a lot bigger!) to use as the blank canvas for an 'Australia cake'. It was then decorated with help from iconic designer Ken Done. Use this recipe to make your own creative cakes.

An Australia-shaped cake, including Tasmania, sits on a wooden board. The sides are bue, while the top is yellow, decorated with a large smile.

Basic butter cake, decorated to represent Australia. Credit: Adam and Poh's Great Australian Bites

  • serves

    8

  • prep

    20 minutes

  • cook

    1 hour

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

8

people

preparation

20

minutes

cooking

1

hour

difficulty

Easy

level

Stream free On Demand

Thumbnail of Sydney

Sydney

episode Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites • 
cooking • 
25m
PG
episode Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites • 
cooking • 
25m
PG

Ingredients

  • 250 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 275 g (1¼ cups) caster sugar
  • 3 eggs, at room temperature
  • 340 g (2¼ cups) self-raising flour
  • 40 g (¼ cup) plain flour
  • 185 ml (¾ cup) milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 190˚C (170˚C fan-forced). Grease and line the base of a 20 cm square cake tin.
  2. Using an electric mixer, whisk the butter, vanilla and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in the flours in 2 batches, gently folding into the batter and alternating with the milk until just combined.
  3. Spread the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer withdraws clean. Stand in the tin for 5 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool.

Take a trip around Australia with .

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

Stream free On Demand

Thumbnail of Sydney

Sydney

episode Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites • 
cooking • 
25m
PG
episode Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites • 
cooking • 
25m
PG

Share

SBS Food is a 24/7 foodie channel for all Australians, with a focus on simple, authentic and everyday food inspiration from cultures everywhere. NSW stream only.
Have a story or comment? Contact Us

SBS Food is a 24/7 foodie channel for all Australians, with a focus on simple, authentic and everyday food inspiration from cultures everywhere. NSW stream only.
Watch nowOn Demand
Follow SBS Food
Published 29 November 2023 3:50pm
By Poh Ling Yeow
Source: SBS



Share this with family and friends