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Ingredients

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BUTTERMILK BIRTHDAY CAKE

  • 200g sugar
  • 250g plain flour
  • 200g buttermilk
  • 1 &1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 125g soft butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs

Butter Icing

  • 700g icing sugar
  • 300g Butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 40g Milk
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Recipe's preparation

    BUTTERMILK BIRTHDAY CAKE

  1. Heat oven to 180 degrees.

    Place sugar into the TM bowl & blitz for 5 secs speed 10 to make caster sugar. Add the butter & butterfly & mix for 1 min speed 4.

    Keep the butterfly spinning on speed 4 & drop in one egg at a time, till combined. then add in the remaining cake ingredients. mix on speed 4 for 5 secs, scrape down sides of the bowl & then mix for another 5 secs on speed 4.

    Pour mixture into a greased & lined 23cm springform cake tin & bake for 40 mins or until cooked through. 

    Allow to cool completely before icing with the butter icing.

    2. Butter Icing

  2. Add all ingredients & insert the butterfly & mix for 1 -2 mins on speed 4, until light & fluffy.

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I have made this cake many times while my son was growing up & now he has almost outgrown it!!

Converted from a Nigella Lawson recipe.

This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
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  • Thanks for the recipe it was easy and quick. I...

    Submitted by gingerchef_jess on 20. January 2020 - 17:01.

    Thanks for the recipe it was easy and quick. I added in some dried cranberries and a couple of extra bits to help liven it up a bit tmrc_emoticons.)

    Jess

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  • I needed to use the buttermilk from making butter...

    Submitted by El Jefe on 7. August 2018 - 18:19.

    I needed to use the buttermilk from making butter in the thermomix and this cake was perfect.
    I added orange peel with raw sugar and made it into caster sugar. I also added 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom.
    I used a 20 cm springform pan and it took 50 minutes on fan bake to cook.
    I didn’t make the icing (it does sound like a generous amount of icing) I used an orange icing glaze instead.
    I will make it again it was easy and had a silky smooth texture.
    *Also I used 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda. The ingredient list isn’t clear so I referred to the original Nigella Lawson recipe.
    Thank you for converting the recipe to thermomix.

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  • My husband wanted a butter cake for his birthday...

    Submitted by JeffnJulie on 9. April 2017 - 14:15.

    My husband wanted a butter cake for his birthday party so I used this recipe and it was a hit. Nice and moist and good texture and taste. It took a bit longer than 40 minutes to bake through. I didn't make the butter icing as we had other icing options. Thank you for the recipe.

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  • Not sure where I went wrong,

    Submitted by marinab43 on 24. October 2016 - 17:10.

    Not sure where I went wrong, but didn't like the icing at all

    I followed the recipe exactly as it is listed, however the icing came out gritty, and as for making the 700g amount! I was left with a huge amount of icing left over as I only iced the top of the cake ---  obviously my error in not realising it was meant to iced all the way around.

    The cake itself was ok but I have found nicer recipes here in the community so was disappointed

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  • This is now my "go to"

    Submitted by Lanziel on 11. October 2016 - 23:21.

    This is now my "go to" birthday cake recipe! I made this for my husbands birthday and it was a huge success! 

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  • I made the cake. I have a 5

    Submitted by MauzWilson on 21. September 2016 - 11:59.

    I made the cake. I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old and have used a different cake recipe every year for their birthdays. I'm going to stick with this one...LOVED IT!! Thanks so much.

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  • This cake rocks!!  It is

    Submitted by Bonds10 on 10. July 2016 - 11:31.

    This cake rocks!!  It is delicious, moist and easy to decorate.  I've tried a few others looking for a good one... this is it!  Thanks for sharing!

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  • Great birthday cake

    Submitted by Melinda Hutchison on 8. June 2016 - 15:25.

    Great birthday cake

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  • I made this cake (not the

    Submitted by van der Ploeg on 15. May 2016 - 14:05.

    I made this cake (not the icing) for my daughter's birthday. I decided to give spelt flour a try instead of normal flour. The cake was lovely and moist and I received many wonderful comments. Thanks for sharing. Cooking 1

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  • Lovely and moist 5 year old

    Submitted by robynthekiwi on 27. August 2015 - 19:14.

    Lovely and moist 5 year old gave it a thumbs up so did a double batch in the TM5 - only just fits but it is possbile.

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  • Fantastic birthday cake

    Submitted by EJJ on 5. July 2015 - 22:07.

    Fantastic birthday cake recipe. Classic vanilla butter cake, great density. Held together perfectly for eating with little fingers. Whole cake disappeared. Butter icing recipe not so great. Need to mill that much sugar much longer than recipe allows. make sure is the texture of icing sugar or icing will be gritty. I hadn't milled sugar before and had to throw out the whole mix. Also too much icing for cake this size. I ended up using butter icing recipe for cupcakes also on the website and it worked beautifully. 

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  • Great cake. Thanks for the

    Submitted by Yvette Troy on 1. April 2015 - 09:10.

    Great cake. Thanks for the recipe. I swapped plain flour for gluten free plain flour and it has worked perfectly each time (I have made it three times in last two weeks).

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  • Thanks for posting this

    Submitted by SS on 17. November 2014 - 17:07.

    Thanks for posting this recipe, we enjoyed the cake.  It baked all the way through, had a lovely delicate flavour, was moist and was a great density for fondant cake decorating.

    I will try a few minutes less in my oven next time...a little brown on the outside.

    thanks! 

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  • Hi Marina, 1 & 1/2 tsp baking

    Submitted by Thermomix in Australia on 9. October 2014 - 14:46.

    Hi Marina, 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder. We have amended this. Thank you

    Thermomix Head Office

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  • Sorry to sound so ignorant

    Submitted by mummagould on 9. October 2014 - 12:30.

    Sorry to sound so ignorant but please could you tell me what........ 1&am;1/2 teaspoons baking powder means. I haven't come across this before and I'm a new owner of a Thermomix.

    Thank you 

    Marina

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