Butter Cake
Sometimes, I really have no idea what to prepare for breakfast. I opened my cupboard which stores my baking supplies and decided to bake a butter cake, which, to me is simple and can be done within an hour. I have tried to bake butter cake a few times but the texture was always not what I want. Recently, I found a recipe which produces 'Sara Lee' look alike butter cake. I actually half the ingredients as I wanted to bake a small cake.
Make: 11 cm by 20cm rectangular baking tin
Ingredients: (adopted from food-4tots.com)
1. 125g salted butter, at room temperature
2. 100g plain flour/ all purpose flour
3. 1 tsp double action baking powder
4. 90g castor sugar
5. 2 eggs
6. 2 tbsp fresh milk
7. 1 tsp vanilla essence
Methods:
I used salted butter in this recipe as I only have salted butter then.
Add a pinch of salt if you are using unsalted butter.
Make: 11 cm by 20cm rectangular baking tin
Ingredients: (adopted from food-4tots.com)
1. 125g salted butter, at room temperature
2. 100g plain flour/ all purpose flour
3. 1 tsp double action baking powder
4. 90g castor sugar
5. 2 eggs
6. 2 tbsp fresh milk
7. 1 tsp vanilla essence
Methods:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Line baking tin with grease-proof paper.
- Mix plain flour and baking powder together and sieve. Set aside.
- Use low speed to mix butter and sugar until well combined. Change to medium speed and beat until light and pale in yellow.
- Add in the first egg. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy.
- Add in vanilla essence and mix well.
- Divide flour into three portions, use lowest speed to mix in flour.
- Add milk bit by bit.
- Pour the mixture into baking tin.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and cooked. If a toothpick/skewer comes out clean, it is done.
- Remove it from the oven and leave the cake in the tin to cool before serving.
- Best to serve warm.
I used salted butter in this recipe as I only have salted butter then.
Add a pinch of salt if you are using unsalted butter.
