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    Vanilla Cake and Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting (With Eggs) – Christmas Cake Recipes

    December 24, 2011 By Aarthi 46 Comments

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    Happy Saturday guys. Today I am going out of town, I will be back tomorrow night..So I have scheduled the recipes using automatic post..I will check all your blogs and comments once I come back..For now I am leaving you with a basic vanilla cake.

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    I am with another easy peasy cake recipe for this Christmas..This is the basic vanilla cake and cupcake recipe with is perfect, spongy and moist. I made this for my sister’s friend Birthday.I doubled the original recipe to make cake for  her and make cupcakes for me..But the recipe which I have given is perfect for a single round cake.
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    So hope you love it and Merry Christmas guys..

    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Baking Time : 40 mins

    Recipe Source:  Mom’s Recipes
    Ingrediants:
    All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 ½ cup / 150 grams
    Sugar- 1 cup / 200 grams
    Eggs - 2
    Baking Powder -1 ⅛ tsp
    Baking Soda – ¼ tsp
    Milk - ½ cup / 120 ml 
    Vegetable Oil-  ½ cup / 120 ml 
    Vanilla Essence- 2 tsp
    Chocolate Ganache Frosting as needed
    Sprinkles or any decorative stuffs
    Method:
    Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F. Butter a round baking tin on all sides and dust it with flour. Tip off the excess flour and set this aside for a moment.
    Take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl and mix well. Set this too aside.
    Take eggs, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl and beat till light and pale..
    Add oil, milk and mix well. Now sift in the flour mixture in this and fold gently until combined.
    Pour this into the prepared tin and bake it for 30-35 mins until it is light golden and a toothpick inserted  comes out clean.
    Let it cool in the tin for 10 mins. Remove it from the tin and allow it to cool down completely and decorate with your favorite frosting.
    Enjoy..

    Pictorial:
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    Take all your ingrediants
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    prepare a tin
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    break eggs in a bowl
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    add sugar
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    and vanilla
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    whip it up
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    add oil
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    whip it
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    add milk
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    and whip it
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    sift in the flour mixture
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    and fold gently
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    untill combined
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    pour it in tin
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    and muffin cases
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    cake is baked
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    cupcakes are baked too
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    allow it to cool down
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    make frosting
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    ice the cake
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    and cupcakes
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    lovely cake
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    and cupcakes
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    About Aarthi

    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. Ξανθή

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      Merry Christmas!!!!

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    2. Deeksha

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      Nice bake. Cake looks super delicious.
      Merry Christmas.

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    3. Chatty Crone

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      LOOKS GREAT! Merry Christmas to you - have a blessed Christmas.
      sandie♥

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    4. Jay

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      sounds soooooooooper tasty n inviting aarthi..;)
      Tasty Appetite

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    5. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

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      looks very pretty...

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    6. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

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      looks very pretty...

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    7. sangee vijay

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      Looks so delicious n perfectly baked!!
      Happy Holidays!
      Thanks for linking it to Bake Fest...

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    8. Vardhini

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      Perfect way to celebrate the holidays .. looks yummy Aarthi. Thx for linking to sinful delights.

      Vardhini
      Event: Sinful Delights
      Event: Stuffed Paratha

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    9. Archana

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      Very pretty and tasty

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    10. Hazel at Chicken in a Cherry Sauce

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      Yummy looking cakes! Merry Christmas!

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    11. aayesha

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      very tasty cake and cup cakes.plz tell me 200 gm ishow much in cup.i make this cake for 200 gm all purpose flour.

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    12. Anonymous

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      today tried this cake..i reduced the quantity to half..as my pan size is small..the top layer was little crispy but the inner part was very soft..what went wrong with the recipe or it vll be like dat..

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    13. Jana Sivakumar

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      Thanks for t recepie.it came out very well.

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    14. megz

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      Hi Aarthi..written recipe says 2 eggs. But looks like u used 4. So is it 4 whole eggs??

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    15. Aarthi

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      @megzI actually doubled the recipe

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    16. Aarthi

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      @Rachna Suprithyes follow the cup measures alone.

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    17. Anonymous

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      I need ur reply asap aarthi... should we add all d milk..i.e 120 ml...

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    18. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u have to add all the milk

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    19. Anonymous

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      Aarathi, can I make strawberry cake from this recipe.....ie by using strawberry essence instead of vanilla......Plz also tell me butter cake or oil cake is better for a B'day party

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    20. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use strawberry essence. And both cakes will be good

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    21. Anonymous

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      Can i use butter instead of vegetable oil..if so hw mch butter shld i add

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    22. Aarthi

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      @Anonymoususe same amount of melted butter

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    23. Anonymous

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      Hi Aarthi... i follow your recipes and try them too they are all just so amazing. I wanted a suggestion from you that if i bake an eggless vanilla sponge cake what kind of frosting should i do on it...???

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    24. Anonymous

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      am a big fan of ur blog and i love ur recipes. I have tried many and they came out amazing. I actually wanted a suggestion from you that if i bake an eggless vanilla sponge cake so what frosting should i do on the cake among those which u have posted.

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    25. Heena Mohindra

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      am a big fan of ur blog and i love ur recipes. I have tried many and they came out amazing. I actually wanted a suggestion from you that if i bake an eggless vanilla sponge cake so what frosting should i do on the cake among those which u have posted.

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    26. Aarthi

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      @Heena Mohindrau can go for chocolate butter cream or vanilla butter cream, whipped cream or chocolate ganache

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    27. Anonymous

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      Can we have this cake without the frosting also? like a simple plain vanilla cake we get in bakeries?

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    28. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can have

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    29. Anonymous

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      Hello Aarthi !

      I am a regular follower of your blog. ..a secret admirer! I tried this cake today. ..but not sure why the center part took very long to bake. About 50 minutes actually. The upper part has become crispy. What would be the reason? ?

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    30. Aarthi

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      @Anonymous i think u must have messed with measurements. try it once more.

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    31. Shivangi Katoch

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      Hi Aarthi! If I follow the original recipe, which measurement tin should I use?

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      • Aarthi

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        this will make two 18 cm cake

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    32. Sandhya

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      Hi Aarthi... I started following your blog recently and Amazed by your recipe collection .. Your recipes are very tempting 😊. I tried this cake today n it came out well 😊 Keep posting 😊😊

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    33. Anonymous

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      hi aarthi.... im a bit confused... u hv another vanilla sponge cake on ur blog which has yoghurt in it... should i bake this or that?? what would b the difference?? wil that b softer??

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    34. Anonymous

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      Hi aarthi...
      I tried this one but it got burned its under side. Can u help me??

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      • Aarthi

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        which mode you baked. bake with both rods on

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    35. Anonymous

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      Awesome recipie!
      Can you tell how many pieces can I cut from this cake?

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      • Aarthi

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        u can cut around 8 pieces

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      • Anonymous

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        Can we do frosting by cutting them without doubling the recipie? I am using 20 vm square tin

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    36. Madhumita Chakravarty

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      Have tried this recipe. Comes out good each time!!! Love you!!!!

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    37. deeps

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      I am trying this recipe in oven. Not microwave, but oven. The outer crust has formed v good, but inside the cake is still v liquid. I have already baked for 40 mins. Please advise

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      • Aarthi

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        i think u have made some mistake in measurement. try covering the pan and bake longer

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    38. mythili

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      Hi aarthi i tried most of ur recipes... its comes out wel.. im new to baking.. already tried few sponge cake methods which end up with some mistakes... gonna tried ur recipe now... could you please tell me whether shal i use hand mixer to mix tis? Tel me whether tis sponge cake is d base for all cakes?

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      • Aarthi

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        yes u can

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    39. Ruchika

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      Hi aarti I can smell and taste egg in this recipe...how can I avoid it as I lovd the cake otherwise.. thanks

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    40. Aarthi

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      Hi
      Can i use butter instead of oil. If so how much butter can i add.

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