Butter cake. This homemade butter cake recipe is fail-proof. A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. Butter cake is baked with basic ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda.
Butter cake is the first cake I learned when I started baking. I should say it's the easiest cake to make but just need a lot of. Since butter cakes are rich in oil, there is no need to run a knife around the sides. You can have Butter cake using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Butter cake
- It’s 100 grams of Butter, softened.
- It’s 110 grams of Caster sugar.
- Prepare 2 of nos Egg.
- It’s 110 grams of Plain flour.
- Prepare 2 tablespoons of Milk.
- You need 3/4 teaspoon of Vanilla essence.
- It’s 1 teaspoon of Baking powder.
- It’s 1/8 teaspoon of Salt.
Invert and drop the cake onto a cake board and loosen the detachable base by tapping it lightly. I found this buttercake recipe in an old cookbook I bought at a garage sale and couldn't wait to try it. I knew it had been someone's favorite because of the well-worn page. Butter cake is a fairly simple cake to make, but its richness and fluffiness make it a decadent Butter cake is the perfect base for birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and makes a delicious snack that's great.
Butter cake step by step
- Preheat oven at 180° C for 15 minutes. Line base and sides of a deep 18 cm round cake pan with baking paper..
- Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until soft and creamy..
- Add egg, one at a time and beat until well combined. Add vanilla essence, mix well..
- Gently stir in sifted flour and milk in two batches. Spread the mixture into prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted the centre of the cake comes out clean..
- Stand cake 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool..
- NOTES – Have all the ingredients at room temperature especially butter and egg..
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt..
This butter cake recipe is quite simple to make and can be tried even by beginners. Serve it however you like with sugar dusted over, whipped cream frosting, butter cream frosting or chocolate frosting. The name screams, "Make me immediately!" I have seen tons of recipes that use either a box cake mix or the homemade version of a box cake mix, and a cream cheese topping. Gooey Butter Cake is highly a addictive sweet treat that is so easy to do! Watch closely and make Ooey Gooey Butter Cake is almost an American classic!
