Birthday Cake- Butter cake recipe

Adapted from:
http://loft48.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/fluffy-vanilla-butter-cake.html

this recipe has 2 variation, one with cake flour and one with self raising flour. I used the cake flour one.

Ingredients- Self Raising Flour 4 eggs (55gm each), egg yolks and whites separated
200gm self raising flour, sifted
230gm salted butter
150gm brown sugar
50gm white sugar
60ml evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Ingredients- Cake Flour
4 eggs (55gm each), egg yolks and whites separated
200gm cake flour, sifted with 1 tsp baking powder
227gm SCS unsalted butter
150gm castor sugar (for mixing with butter)
50gm castor sugar (for mixing with egg whites)
60ml full cream milk
1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Method

Preheat oven at 170 degrees

1. Grease an 8 inches baking tin
2. Line the base with paper
3. Beat butter & brown sugar till colour turns pale & texture is light
4. Add egg yolks one at a time
5. Add vanilla bean paste & mix well
6. Add flour & milk in 2 separate alternate additions
7. Scrap down and mix well
8. Set aside
9. In another mixing bowl, beat egg whites till foamy
10. Add white sugar
11. Beat till stiff peak
12. Back to batter, add 1/3 meringue into batter
13. Using low speed, mix until batter loosen abit
14. Using a spatula, fold in the rest of meringue
15. Pour into a 8 inches baking tin and level it
16. Give a few knocks to release air bubbles
17. Bake at 160 degrees for 55-60 minutes
18. Cool on rack

 all the ingredients used for this

 I baked 2 initially but the cake was not tall enough, in the end I had 3 cake batter for the cake

 separated egg whites left to be at room temperature.

 whisking egg whites

 not stiff peaks yet

 this is stiff peaks

 folding in egg whites into the batter

 decorating. I made a lemon butter cream icing for this cake. I used very little icing as the cake was already very sweet

 I used crushed oreos and splatter them across all the sides. it is a mud block/creeper design

all done.

the middle batter was not very cook properly. I had issues with cake baked in that tin.