Ingredients
14 portion(s)
Australian Women's Weekly Basic Buttercake
- 165 grams raw sugar
- 125 grams Butter, In cubes
- 1/2 level tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 225 grams SR flour
- 125ml Milk
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Recipe is created for
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Recipe's preparation
Place sugar in TM bowl and mill for 5 sec speed 10. Add butter and if it is straight out of the fridge chop for 5 sec spd 7. Scrape down sides and insert butterfly add mix for 30 sec speed 4. Add vanilla extract and mix for another 30 sec speed 4 and while doing this add both eggs in through the top while the mixture is mixing. Remove butterfly and then add in milk and flour mix for another 15 sec speed 5 scrape down sides and then mix another 15 sec speed 5. Pour into standard cake tin or patty pans (makes about 14 I fill them to about 2/3 full they rise quite a bit). Put into 180 degree fan force oven cup cakes take between 10 - 15mins cakes about 20 - 25mins
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Tip
To make pouring the mixture out a little easier you can heat the mixture to 50 degrees in TM bowl as soon as it hits temperature remove and pour.
You don't have to use the butterfly I just included it because I thought it would help with creaming the butter and sugar but it is not essential.
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Comments
Add a commentHas anyone used this recipe to make a 6 layer...
Has anyone used this recipe to make a 6 layer rainbow cake? I was wondering how much cake mixture I would need. I’m using 20cm tins. I’m thinking 2 batches but would love to hear from anyone that has done this.
Thank you for putting this up I had wanted to make...
Thank you for putting this up I had wanted to make the AWW Buttercake but wasn’t sure how to go about it! This was amazing and didn’t use the butterfly and it was totally fine!!!! Thanks again!
Perfect birthday cake mix! My go to recipe
Perfect birthday cake mix! My go to recipe
Excellent go to recipe.
Excellent go to recipe.
I made as per the
I made as per the instructions and made 2 cakes because I found that it didnt rise much and was a bit dence so thought I would try again but was no better. After reading the other comments I made a double batch and did as per M.Lydeamore's tips whipping longer with the butterfly and seems to have been more of a sucsess!
Great recipe they were light
Great recipe they were light and fluffy! Thanks for converting.
Really yummy. This will be my
Really yummy. This will be my go to cupcake or cake recipe.
Fantastic conversion of a
Fantastic conversion of a pre-thermie classic for me thank so much!!!!
RowM
This is a fantastic recipe. I
This is a fantastic recipe. I think I'll throw out my Sunbeam mixer now I've found the perfect butter cake. Thank you for the conversion.
Amazing! I have stuggled to
Amazing! I have stuggled to find a yummy cake recipe to use for decorating my cakes. I doubled the mixture and baked for longer at 160 it rose perfectly. Will be put to use in many if my creations. Thank you!!
Cooking time is no where near
Cooking time is no where near right for a single 20cm round cake tin. More like 35-40 minutes
I made this today and it was
I made this today and it was quit flat and the middle sunk on cooling. I then tried to make again using a smaller cake tin and it has been 40mins and it is still not cooked in the middle. What am I doing wrong????
This is a fantastic recipe it
This is a fantastic recipe it makes HEAPS!!!
This is my go-to recipe when
This is my go-to recipe when making cupcakes....made 5 dozen today for a birthday party tomorrow!! Always lots of compliments that they taste delicious
My favourite birthday cake
My favourite birthday cake recipe. Always a hit and never fails.
This is a lovely recipe to
This is a lovely recipe to have in ones repertoire. Made it this afternoon with the addition of two tablespoons of cocoa and a little cream to one third of the mixture for a marbelling effect. Smells great
Fail safe cake for sure!!
Fail safe cake for sure!! Lightest and fluffiness cake I have ever been able make And so easy! Thanks
Best cupcakes EVER....so
Best cupcakes EVER....so yummy that I doubt they will last long, thanks for sharing, this will be the only reipe I use from now on!!
Made this tonight -
Made this tonight - fantastic!!! I really needed my butter cake to work for a cake icing class I am going to and so (without trusting my thermi!) I made a packet cake! Result = dismal and so I searched and found this recipe.
My cake rose about an extra inch higher than the packet and looks fantastic!!
Hi there, I made this recipe
Hi there, I made this recipe this afternoon and it tasts delicious and light but some of the cupcakes
are "Holey" and some aren't. i made 12 cupcakes- could it be because I used cupcake wrappers??
Hope you can help!! Thanks
Great Conversion! Thanks for
Great Conversion!
Thanks for converting this and sharing. It's a great fail safe cake. Perfect for both cakes and cupcakes!
Thanks for this recipe, it
Thanks for this recipe, it will definitely be my go to in future! Didn't use butterfly and it made 24 patty pans size cakes. Lovely and moist. Iced with buttercream from EDC.
Mel
Mum of 3 under 7 and new Thermomix owner!!
So thankful you shared thIs.
So thankful you shared thIs. I had a disaster attempt at my daughters birthday cake as a newbie tmx owner and this recipe saved the day. Will be using it again, thanks
Oh my goodness, this is the
Oh my goodness, this is the best butter cake mix I have ever had- so light and fluffy! Made into cupcakes and covered with passionfruit glaze, my housemates and I could stop at just one! Thank you so much
My boys always ask for these
My boys always ask for these
I make cupcakes with this recipe and make about 16. A regular and a favourite recipe for my family 
I used to make this recipe
I used to make this recipe when I was younger! So happy to stumble across the thermie version! Delicious! mine took longer to cook so the edges got a bit brown so I will adjust temp etc next time
Perfect!
Perfect!
I made this yesterday and it
I made this yesterday and it was delicious. I have an old gas oven and I found I needed to use a higher temperature and for longer cooking time. I generally have to use a higher temperature for most of my oven cooking.
This is my go to recipe for
This is my go to recipe for family birthday cakes. I've made it numerous times as both a cake and also as cupcakes. So fail safe. Always a winner in our family.
Love that you converted this
Love that you converted this recipe. So easy for both cake and cupcakes and tastes delicious. Thanks
Just wondering what you would
Just wondering what you would advise for non fan forced oven? I baked yesterday at 200 for about 30mins and it looked fab, but when I came to turn it out it had deflated/sunk.
That's never happened to me lol I also did it as a rainbow marble. Tasted fine- just low. Thanks 
Fail safe recipe. I have done
Fail safe recipe. I have done single and double batches and with and without the butterfly. All worked just as well. The best batter was made with room temperature butter. I did a quadruple batch and it took about 2.5hrs. Note the mix does rise a fair bit - about double so take that into account. The first cake I made overflowed because I was advised to fill the tin to the brim. Big mistake!
Thanks for the conversion.
Thankyou so much for
Thankyou so much for converting this recipe! Everyone commented on how moist the cake was.... About 10pm before my daughters 1st birthday party i was running around thinking argh what basic cake mix can i use.... i was making a cake out of the aww birthday cake and saw this recipe but I was a bit hesitate (and slack) to convert it BUT when i found this i was jumping up and down in the kitchen with excitement!
Thankyou
Fantastic
Fantastic
made with variations as
I have made this recipe from
I have made this recipe from the AWW Children's Party Cakes book several times in my thermomix, have just never gotten around to writing my conversion down, so I thought I would follow Fiona's conversion and see how it compares to what I normally do.
Halijah, I may be too late to answer your question - but I always make a double batch, it fits in the thermomix fine. Today I made a double batch and cooked it in a normal round cake tin - it was very tall and rose above the tin. It took about 55 minutes to cook right through. The cooking time will vary depending on the shape of the tin, so just keep an eye on it. It's a great, simple recipe and always tastes delicious, so I hope yours turned out ok!
The only things I do slightly different are: I chop the butter for about 20 seconds before putting the butterfly in rather than 5 seconds - otherwise the butterfly has trouble turning. I then mix with the butterfly for between 1 and a half to 2 minutes, stopping and scraping several times. I just keep going until the mixture looks nice and white and creamy, just like it would if you had creamed the butter and sugar in a mixer. I like to do this to make sure it turns out nice and light and fluffy!
I have also used this recipe as cupcakes, which turn out yummy too
Hi, I want to make this
Hi, I want to make this recipe for my daughters b'day next weekend. If I wanted to make a double batch do I just double the qtys? And would I have to cook it for 40-45min? I'm going to use a rectangle tin.. So I'm hoping it will turn out
Halijah Hyder - I love to eat clean!
I iced the cupcakes up and
I iced the cupcakes up and drew holly leaves on with green icing, then topped if off with a jaffa. Simple and delicious!
Alisa, Orient Point NSW