Oh oh oh sweet dreams are made
of these.. and who am I to disagree!! Not meeeee! I didn't find anyone either who disagreed! This is not my own original bake - apart from adding the sugar confetti its entirely borrowed from a BBC Good Food recipe.
This cake was one of those that
you make purely out of using up things, in this case a tub of sour cream but are not really sure if you would like it – I must admit the whole
soured cream cake thing didn’t exactly get me salivating but I am a changed woman –
this cake is so gorgeously vanilla laced with a sweet glaze heaven and it was
that good despite making it on Wednesday I just had to make another one on the Saturday
to satisfy our cravings! Its like floating on a sweet scented vanilla cloud and one you will want to repeat.
My neighbour and friend C was a
gem and I must give her thanks here – my oven, is well temperamental, and she
let me use hers even though it was 9.40pm on a weeknight! I did chance it and
made the second one in my oven – with the assistance of the oven
thermometer – our oven only seems to reach a magical figure of 170o at the most
– even if it says you have put in on 210o and my housing landlord think the oven
works the engineer said ‘because the elements come on’ and not even bribery with cake will budge
them. Sad days. Anyhow it did fortunately work so it’s a well tested cake –
both for fast fan assisted and slow ancient think about it later ovens!
The recipe calls for a 6 cup bundt
pan. I have no idea what size my bundt tin is, just remember than it came from
Ikea years ago and converts between a bundt and large cake tin, I think it’s a little bigger than theirs but it still fortunately
worked!
I must admit that in the past I have been a little
put off using the bundt tin, purely as trying to remove the cooked product has
resulted in breakages and tears however I have a trick up my flour coated
sleeves – Dr Oetker’s Cake Release spray I was sent to try. Okay I did break
the first batch very slightly as it came out with so much ease it took me by
surprise but the 2nd batch I was more cautious and it worked a
treat!
Ingredients:
125g softened butter
180g caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
180g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
150g sour cream
Pinch salt
Glaze:
100g caster sugar
50g butter
4tbsp water
¼ tsp vanilla extract
Optional – sprinkles of choice. I adore these sugar confetti and used in both of my bakes!
Cream together the butter and
sugar, until light and fluffy. Your mixer will do the hard work for you.
Add a little of the egg at a
time until its all combined along with the vanilla.
Sift together the flour, baking
powder and mix half of it into the cake batter, along with half the sour cream
until combined. Add the remaining flour mix and sour cream and beat well until
all nicely combined.
Spoon into your prepared pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or
until golden, risen and a skewer comes away cleanly. Cool for at least 5
minutes before carefully upturning onto a cooling rack and allowing to cool
fully before glazing.
Place the glaze ingredients into
a small saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for about 3-4 minutes until it
is starting to reduce and thicken. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes before
paining or spooning over the cake. Allow the first layer to set slightly before
repeating with the remaining mixture.
Allow your glazed cake to set for a good few hours - overnight is best if you can resist its lure that long.
Many thanks to Lucy at Citizen & Dr Oetker for the Cake Release sample!
A delicious sounding cake, and you've made it look very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try my hand at making a bundt cake but yours looks and sounds delicious. I´ll definitely have to have a go at it at some point!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful looking cake.
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