VANILLA CAKE – AS ILLUSTRATED ON BOX
- Adjust oven rack to the middle position. Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter pan/s generously and line bases with baking paper or spray with a non-stick cooking spray.
- Beat eggs and oil together for 30 seconds on high speed, until well-blended.
- Add hot milk and beat briefly on high speed.
- Add the contents of the pack and gently mix in by hand with a spatula. Mix only until combined. It is important not to overmix. The mixture will be fairly soft and runny.
- Scrape mixture into prepared pan/s.
- Place in oven. See baking times in left panel. Cake is done when a thin-bladed knife inserted in the centre comes out clean or cake pulls away slightly from the sides of the pan.
- Cool cake in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out on a cooling rack. Do not ice until cake/s are completely cool.
VARIATIONS:
TRAYBAKE
Line the base of a baking pan or oven-roasting pan (32 cm x 24 cm) with baking paper, and bake for 35 minutes.
CUPCAKES
Line a muffin pan with paper cups and fill 2/3 full with cake batter.
ORANGE & POPPY SEED LOAF
Replace half of the milk with orange juice and add 1 T (15 ml) of grated orange rind and 2 T (30 ml) of poppy seeds. Bake in a loaf pan.
MICROWAVE INSTRUCTIONS
Not recommended unless baked in a convection microwave – in which case, follow normal oven baking instructions.
