Vanilla Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 2 ½ cups
Sugar – 2 cups
Eggs – 4
Milk – 1 cup
Vegetable oil – ¾ cup
Baking powder – 2 ¼ tsp
Vanilla – 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - few
Butter for greasing the pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease the round cake pans with butter.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until it becomes slightly thickened. Add flour, milk, oil, baking powder, and vanilla. Beat until the batter is smooth and creamy. (Do not over beat). Pour the batter into the greased cake pans (baking pans). Put cashew nuts on top of the batter.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until the top turns golden colour or a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean.

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 2 ¾ cups
Unsweetened cocoa powder – 1 cup
White sugar – 2 ¼ cups
Softened butter – 1 cup
Eggs – 4
Baking soda – 2 tsp
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Vanilla extract – 1 ½ tsp
Cashew nuts –a few
Boiling water – 2 cup
Salt – ½ tsp

Directions
1. Take cocoa powder in a bowl. Pour boiling water over it and whisk until it is smooth. Allow it to cool.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda , baking powder and salt; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly in baking pans greased with butter and put cashew nut pieces on top of the batter.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
6. Bake in preheated oven for 25 – 30 minutes. Allow it to cool.