Making own birthday cake

[AntoniaMcMac]

Ive looked online and feel thick! Basically I need to make 2x10inch cakes that will be stacked on top of each other and 1x8 inch cake that will sit on top! Had anyone got a recipe ?

If, like me, you are not an expert in cake, I always got better results from a cake mix. Any time I made from scratch, they inevitably sank in the middle. The taste is better making from scratch but the visual effect is better using a packet mix so it depends what your priority is. Supermarket brand mixes are fine. Good luck!

I'd use the easy sponge cake recipe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/birthdaycake

Delia All in one Victoria Sponge!

They say

Weigh your eggs ie 4 for your 2 main ones

Then weigh the sugar, flour and butter the sage weight as your eggs

That's it

Add a teaspoon of baking powder if you're not using self raising flour

Bake for around 30 mins on 180

Stick a cocktail stick or whatever in the middle and if it comes out with cake mix on cook another 5 mins or if it comes out clean it's ready

I use a basic recipe by Delia Smith but you can use Mary Berry or whomever

Basically the ingredients weigh the same

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/maryberryssperfect34317/amp

Just remember that the butter and sugar need to be whisked for a good few minutes to ever get a decent cake

An electric whisk really will make a better cake than by hand by just whisk whisk whisk

Then add the eggs then flour

You can add a some vanilla essence if you want