Birthday Cake

I often use a cake pan in the shape of an animal, toy or a character when I am making this cake for a kid’s birthday.

What takes a long time to prepare is not the cake but the icing the cake with all the different colours!

Ingredients:

• 600 ml cake flour (sifted)
• 15 ml baking powder
• 2 ml salt
• 125 ml shortening
• 375 ml sugar
• 2 eggs
• 5 ml vanilla
• 250 ml milk

Method:

• Pre-heat oven to 350⁰ F
• Beat the sugar and shortening together
• Add the eggs and mix well
• In another bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder
• Sift the flour into the first mix, alternating with the milk and vanilla
• Mix well and pour into a birthday cake pan (mould of favourite child character) or two round 20 cm cake pans
• Bake for about 40 minutes.