Name: Cake with Buttermilk
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 2½ cups flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter (room temperature); 2 tbsp vegetable oil; ¾ tsp salt; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp baking soda; 3 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1½ cups buttermilk; ½ cup butter; ¼ cup buttermilk; ¼ cup light brown sugar; 2 cups icing sugar

This is a recipe for a lovely cake, using buttermilk in the cake and in a glazed icing topping that is soaked up by the cake.

Cake with Buttermilk

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Prep Time 45

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 30

Course Cake

Cuisine South African

Servings

Calories 851 kcal

Ingredients

2½ cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter room temperature
2 tbsp vegetable oil
¾ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
1½ cups buttermilk

For Icing Glaze

½ cup butter
¼ cup buttermilk
¼ cup light brown sugar
2 cups icing sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a pan 13x9 inches.
Mix dry cake ingredients in a bowl.
In another bowl mix eggs with buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla.
Mix the soft butter into the dry ingredients to become crumbly.
Add half the liquid mixture and mix. Add the rest of the liquid and mix until just incorporated - not too long.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 45 minutes.

For the Icing Glaze

5 minutes before the cake is done, place all glaze ingredients in a pot.
Stir while heating until all the sugar has melted.
When it reaches boiling point, remove from heat.
Pour over hot cake and allow to stand for half an hour.

Nutrition

Calories: 851kcalCarbohydrates: 120gProtein: 9gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 179mgSodium: 787mgPotassium: 166mgFiber: 1gSugar: 89gVitamin A: 1269IUCalcium: 154mgIron: 2mg

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