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Easy Cake
Total time100 min
Prep35 min
Cook65 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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ChefFatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

Easy Cake

A quick and easy cake recipe. Make this cake as a fast dessert to please your kids, and you can involve them in decorating it with any jam you have or customize it to their taste.

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8 servings

Ingredients

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  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Cherry jam (or any jam of your choice)

Method

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  1. Beat the eggs with the vanilla for several minutes, then add the sugar and vegetable oil and continue beating.
  2. Add the flour and baking powder alternately and continue beating until you have a smooth batter.
  3. Grease an oven pan with a little oil and dust it with a little flour, then pour in the cake batter; place the pan in the preheated oven at 180°C.
  4. Leave the cake for about 45 minutes until it is cooked and has risen.
    Timers: 45 min
  5. After removing the cake from the oven, spread cherry jam on top and decorate as desired.

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DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeMediumLong cook

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Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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