The Perfect Basic Cake: The Step-By-Step Guide To Making & Decorating This Everyday Treat!

by Lyndey Milan

03/04/2021

in Baking

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The basic ingredients come in what Lyndey Milan calls the 200-200-200 rule. What’s that? Check out this short video

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INGREDIENTS

200 gr castor sugar
200 gr diced butter
200 gr plain flour
4 whole eggs
Lemon zest, finely grated

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METHOD

1 Preheat oven to 160 degrees with fan (or 180 degrees without fan)
2 Beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until well combined for approx. 5 minutes.
3 Split between 2 greased and lined cake tins
4 Place in the middle of the oven for even cooking for 20 minutes.
5 Flip onto flat surface to cool.

To decorate

INGREDIENTS
Cream and fruit filling to taste
Icing sugar to sprinkle

METHOD
1 Place filling of choice on top of the first cake, cover with second cake and decorate with icing sugar.

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Lyndey Milan

Lyndey Milan, OAM, is one of Australia’s most beloved food personalities — a home cook hero known for her infectious zest for life, love of good food and thirst for sparkling shiraz. A familiar face on television and in print for more than four decades, Lyndey has played a pivotal role in shaping how Australians cook, eat and enjoy wine. Her philosophy of “hospitality of the table” underpins a remarkable career spanning eight television series since 2011, nine best-selling books and countless culinary appearances. Her award-winning series Lyndey Milan’s Taste of Australia took out Best Food TV at the Gourmand World Awards in 2016, with the accompanying book named Best TV Chef Cookbook in the World (English) and Best Culinary Travel Book in Australia. It later placed third overall in Gourmand’s “Best of the Best” awards at the Frankfurt Book Fair. An experienced traveller, Lyndey also hosts bespoke international food tours and cruises. She was awarded an OAM in 2014 for services to hospitality, the food and wine industry and the community, and has since been honoured as a Vittoria Legend and a Legend of the Vine.