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Try this versatile spiced butter cake recipe – serve a piece plain for afternoon tea or jazz it up into a spectacular birthday cake!

Ingredients

  • 250g Butter, softened
  • 1 cup Caster Sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups (300g) Self-Raising flour
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 tsp. ground Cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. ground Ginger

Method

  1. In a mixer beat together the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Then whilst the mixer is still on add in the vanilla, cinnamon and ginger.
  2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Add in the mix alternating the flour and milk.
  4. Divide mixture evenly among the prepared pans and smooth the surface.
  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean.
  6. Remove from oven and cool in pan for before turning on rack to cool completely.
  • Yummo, this looks fantastic and easy ingrediants to…have taken a copy and can’t wait to give this on a try!

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  • oh it looks so light and moist with the hint of spices. Yum. This is a must to try. Nice and simple

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  • Looks so easy to do and mouth watering.

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  • I love butter cake, can’t wait to bake this and share it for after school sfternoon tea 🙂

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  • Spiced… I hope it tastes good.

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  • I love cake with ginger in it and you don’t see many recipes for them, thanks, I will certainly give this easy and yummy sounding cake a go.

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  • Yummy I love cakes! Even better wen someone else makes it

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  • This would make a yummy birthday cake for those like my daughter and I who don’t like icing much. Great for the toddler too who doesn’t know about icing…yet!

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  • Oh yum, looking forward to trying this recipe out!

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  • milk and butter are the 2 best ingredients to make a cake! YUmm!!

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  • this sound easy and delicious can’t wait to try these as well thanks

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  • Your making me hungry. I need to bake cakes again. Yummy with cream.

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  • Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe…everyone will love it…

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  • Thanks for sharing such a easy recipe, it sounds nice. Making I this afternoon so hubby can take some to work for couple days

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  • I love using ginger in cakes and this is a easy recipe to follow thanks

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  • sounds very yummy and yet so easy!

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  • this looks yummy. so easy and something different

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  • this looks lovely and moist. i made the lemon and yoghurt cake last week when i had friends over for morning tea, and it was a real hit! thanks for your recipes

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  • always looking for new recipes to try..thankyou 🙂

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  • A versatile cake that looks moist and delicious, might have to try this for my daughter’s b’day cake.

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