Easy birthday cake

Name: Easy birthday cake
Yield: Serves 10–12
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup soft tub margarine, plus extra for greasing; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups self-raising (self-rising) flour; 2.5 ml/½ tsp baking powder; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup soft light brown sugar; 3 eggs, beaten; 30 ml/2 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup; 60 ml/4 tbsp milk; 5 ml/1 tbsp vanilla extract; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup unsalted butter; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; sweets (candies) and candles, to decorate; sweets (candies) and candles, to decorate

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Make celebrating a birthday simple with this scrumptious caramel cake, which can be decorated to make it suitable for either children or adults. The fudgy icing is made in a pan then swirled over the top and sides of the cake in moments - it really couldn’t be easier.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup soft tub margarine, plus extra for greasing
225

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line the bases of two 20cm/8in shallow round cake tins (pans) with baking parchment.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, then add the margarine, soft light brown sugar, eggs, syrup, milk