Ulfet’s recipe for a basic cake. Baking simple cakes is really simple, I dont understand why bakers make a big deal out of it, and scare the rest of us!
Ingredients:
Flour about 1 and 3/4 cup,
Sugar 1 cup,
3 eggs,
1/2 cup oil,
1/2 cup water
1 tspoon vanilla pdr or extract,
1 tspoon baking pdr
Mix the eggs and the sugar, add the oil and water. Whisk it. Add the vanilla and the baking pdr. And gradually add the flour. (Do not mix the batter for a long time, just couple of mins)
Bake at 350 def F. till the surface is golden brown. Bake in a bundt pan for best results. Or a baking dish size 8X10 inch.
Optional: Add about 3/4 cup of crushed walnuts, or add chopped fresh fruit(sprinkle it with flour, so it doesnt sink to the bottom).