Hello friends of Paulina Kitchen! In this installment we bring you one of those recipes that save you one Sunday afternoon, an impromptu birthday or a simple craving for something sweet. We are going to make the 1234 cake , why? Because she is rich, surrender, spongy and above all easy .
And it is that the 1234 original recipe cake has no strollers or bizarre ingredients: with things at home, a cup and good shake, an easy cake that can be tuned to taste and piacere.
A classic classic that has a super easy name to remember, and when they try it they will realize that the homemade 1234 cake has childhood flavor.
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About cake 1234
The 1234 cake is an easy , classic and economical cake that is named for the proportion of its ingredients: 1 cup of milk, 2 sugar, 3 flour and 4 eggs .
Easy to memorize even without paper stuck in the refrigerator! This recipe has in its favor that easily adapts: it can be done as vanilla , with cocoa, with citrus or even marble .
It is ideal as a cake for the mate , for the snack or as the basis of a homemade birthday cake . It can be filled, bathe with glasé or simply sprinkle with impalpable sugar. What this recipe has good is that, in addition to being one of those recipes with 4 eggs that always work out, it allows to play with flavors without losing the essence.
Easy 1234 cake ingredients
The idea of this basic cake is to use the same container for each ingredient , in this way a balanced cake can be achieved. The size of the cup is the existential doubt of the recipes "A cup": What a cup?! Well, the ideal is a standard cup of 240 ml.
The basic ingredients are:
- 1 cup of milk
- 2 sugar cups
- 3 cups of lift flour (or common + baking powder)
- 4 eggs
That is the basic and magical combo of the 1234 original recipe . Then, of course, the optional ones come: vanilla, cocoa, lemon or orange zest, butter or oil. But with that base, a homemade 1234 cake .
7 Characteristics of the cake recipe 1234
- Easy to remember : the name is the recipe. If you know how to count up to four, they already have half cenching.
- Simple and accessible ingredients : There is no difficult ingredient, everything is achieved in any supermarket or warehouse.
- Total versatility : Lemon zest, vanilla essence, cocoa, nuts or what the cupboard can be added.
- Yield well : with these proportions a 24 cm cake , ideal for 8 to 10 generous portions.
- Sponge texture : If the technique is well followed, a and light cake
- Economic recipe : Ideal to take care of the pocket without resigning flavor.
- It can be freezed : it can be done with time, cut into portions and freeze into hermetic containers or bags.
Secrets to make the cake 1234 well spongy
The dream of every amateur cook: that the rise cake, that is aerated and super spongy, but without disarming. For that, there are secrets:
- Beat the eggs well with the sugar until they are well sparkling and clear.
- Sample the flour to enter with air and not cake.
- Incorporate dry ingredients with enveloping movements .
- Do not open the oven before 40 minutes , please ask them.
- Use preheated oven at medium temperature , 170-180 ° C.
With that, a spongy cake is assured. Or at least, they have all the chances of being perfect.
The 1234 cake: with oil or butter?
The classic version of easy 1234 cake usually carries oil , because it is lighter and faster. But it can also be done with butter, for extra flavor and humidity. Ideally, it is butter at room temperature and well beaten with sugar.
IMPORTANT: If oil is used, always choose a neutral (sunflower or corn) , so that the flavor of the cake does not invade. If you are going to opt for butter, it is convenient to reduce the amount of sugar, to balance. The homemade 1234 cake with butter is dense and scented.
9 tips and tips to prepare the best recipe cake 1234
- Always preheat the oven : 10/15 minutes before at medium temperature.
- Use eggs at room temperature : Be beat better and the mixture is not cut.
- Sormize flour : this step is key for it to be aerated. Do not need great utensils. With a simple fine strainer it can be signed perfectly.
- Add vanilla essence: You can also add lemon or orange zest (or both) to provide more perfume to the 1234 cake.
- Do not overbath the mixture: once the flour enters we stop beating and we only make soft and enveloping movements.
- Do not open the oven early : if you open before, the spongy of the 1234 cake can be lost forever.
- Click with stick at the end : if it comes out clean, homemade 1234 cake is already ready.
- Let cool before unmold : so that the cake is not broken. Either wait for it to cool at all. Better unmold when it is still warm.
- Accompany with your favorite drink: enjoy at any time, with a good mate or a coffee with sparkling milk .
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1234 cake recipe
Yields: 8-10 portions
Preparation time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 cup of milk (240 ml)
- 2 sugar cups (400 g approx.)
- 3 cups of lift flour (360 g)
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup of neutral oil or 100 g of melted and barely warm butter
- 1 cdita. of vanilla or zest of 1 lemon (optional)
How to make cake 1234 step by step
- Beat the eggs with the sugar until you get a foamy and light color mixture.
- Add milk and oil (or meter meter and barely warm), and continue beating until you integrate.
- Incorporate sifted flour little by little, mixing with enveloping movements, with the help of a spatula.
- Add vanilla or lemon zest, and integrate.
- Dump the mixture into enmantecado and floured mold.
- Take a preheated half -oven (180 ° C, with heat up and down). Place the mold in the center grid and cook for 40-45 minutes, or until the surface is slightly golden.
- Click with a stick or with the tip of a knife: if it is dry, it is ready.
- Let out and unmold.
