Sharing the cake recipes, that I have tried recently, was on my to-do list for a long time. I thought may be I can start with this cake. I have posted banana cake recipe a few days back, but this will be the first recipe anybody will give you, if you want to learn baking cakes).
I am successfully pursuing the baking art and its whole and sole credit should go to my Pachi(Aayi’s sister). When I was a kid, many times I observed her baking some delicious cakes. I always wondered, ‘How she manages to do that? Only professional bakers are supposed to do that!!! Its such a big procedure’. I never thought one day I would bake cakes!!. I never even tried to ask her about the recipe.
Then when we got our first oven, Pachi gave me this recipe. I prepared it and it was so good and it was so easy 
. Still this cake is on my favorite list.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 and 1/4 cups sugar
1 and 1/2 cups maida or All purpose flour
1 tea spn baking powder
4 eggs
1 tea spn vanilla essence/extract
Method:
Preheat the oven at 350F for 10min.
Sieve together flour and powder. Keep it aside.
Beat sugar in butter till it becomes a smooth paste. Then add one egg at a time beating it all the time. Add essence and mix.
Add flour 1 tbl spoon at a time mixing slowly.
Grease an oven safe dish with butter. Then sprinkle some flour on it and spread the flour. Now pour the cake mixture into this dish and bake the cake for around 40min at 350F (or till a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean).
Serves : 4
Preparation time : 1hr
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Awesome. I tried this cake recipe once already and I am making this cake again. Am so happy that everybody liked my cake:)
Hi, I only ahve a microwave oven. Can I try this recipe in that? If so, how can I prepare it?
Thanks for the help!:)
This is awesome! I love the simplicity with which you’ve explained everything! Keep it up!
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Just baked my first successful cake after following your recipe! The kitchen smell so good and it taste yummy. Thanks!
Dear Shilpa,
Please can you post some easy to make cakes which can be steamed in the pressure cooker. I do not have a oven but love to make cakes at home.
Hi Shilpa,
I want to try your cake this weekend. Pls tell me is 1 cup butter 100 gms or more.
Vanessa
around 226gms
I have a microwave, kindly let me know for how much time should I keep in that.
Just baked my first successful cake after following your recipe! The kitchen smell so good and it taste yummy. Thanks!
I feel like the one cup butter is wayyy too much. I had to dump oil out from the pan after…
A pinch of salt and some milk improved the taste too.
can you please provide me with information in regards with temperature on which the simple egg cake needs to baked.
as i have samsung microwave along with three modes
convection,microwave convection, so these are the options available on my samsung.
Acknowledge me with the mail in regards with temperature to be set to bake simple egg cake.
let me the Quantity of flour and butter required for simple egg cake serves 4
Regards,
Jaya
Convection. I baked at 200 c for 30 mins. you could try inserting a needle or toothpick after 30 mins and if it comes out clean , then its done.
Hi,
I tried this cake with oil instead of butter and with Atta mixed with maida in 1:1 ratio and it turned out real good.
Preetha
Shilpa ,
Just want to thank u for the lovely recipe and the simple manner of presentation. It will make anyone want to try.
Preetha
Hello,
I followed this but i couldnt make it. Am using microwave oven, Its getting spoiled at 5th minute. Suggest me some good solution.
hi shilpa,
thank you for the recipe.really it turned out very delicious n yummy
i am going to try this cake thnk for your simple recipe.:)
used half the ingedients as mentioned, but with chocolate syrup…nd the cake was awesome…
nice recipe !!
i jus need to try this cake …in microwave oven…plz do tell me at which temp and how many minutes….as i had tried earlier and everything got hard at alst minutw
Think I have a similar recipe that has been passed on to me from my mom..the classic home-made cake we have in India. Been planning a post of the same myself..my mom used to make it in those huge vintage oven..wonder if I can get a pic of it to share from somewhere!
I baked this cake yesterday….n the recipe you’ve provided was simple and accurate…..the cake turned out to be a hit with my husband and office colleagues….
my third cake disaster.Donno what went wrong.i became black in colour and edges are completly burned.i had used exact half of all ingredients(thank god..i have save the other half!) and followed the correct procedure.Baked at 180c approx for 20 minutes.At first i had set the oven for 30 min and when i check at 20 min it became black and burned.Do u have any idea of why this tragedy happened to my cake?
Please try baking at a lower temperature next time. Try to keep the cake in the middle rack in the oven (if you have a bigger oven). May be your oven is getting heated very fast
Even though it was burned at the top and sides it is indeed spongy and tasty inside.I think i might have checked every 5th minute.I really want to try once more.
Shilpa i only needed to ask you if one cup was how many grams.i will try the cake tomorow inshaallah
Can i use margarine instead of butter
I think so. I never use margarine, so I am not completely sure