Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Buttery Butter Cake

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In the past few days, the weather has been getting to me. It is very hot and if there is any drop of rain, it just makes everything much worst. Rain is only apparent for about 5 minutes and it makes the day humid.

I've been so engrossed in making enzymes that I've even completed my second tub of garbage enzyme and now I've even managed to collect enough dregs for the third tub.

I also want to show you some progress from the fruit enzymes later on as I've collected photos for the few days already. But I'll do that later after this post.




Yesterday, to clear off my self raising flour, I made a quick butter cake. I have always loved butter cakes since young, especially buttery and heavy ones. My daughters have different preferences but the younger one is very 'me'. She loves bread and cakes. She simply adores desserts and that makes two of us. My eldest girl is not very into sweet desserts, cakes and bread. She enjoys savoury food, like Daddy.

Anyway, before I rush off for more errands for my day, I'll post my favourite butter cake recipe here.


Extra Moist and Buttery Butter Cake

100g Plain Flour
80g Self Raising Flour
110 Caster Sugar
4 Eggs
250gm Butter
1tsp Vanilla Essence


Sift the flours together and set aside. Cream butter and sugar till it becomes pale and creamy. Add in eggs, one by one, beating well. Add the Vanilla Essence. When the mixture is all mixed well together, fold in the flour.

In a preheated oven set to 180 deg C, bake your cake in a lined and greased pan for about 20 - 25 minutes til the cake is nicely browned at the top. Use a tooth pick to insert to make sure it comes out nice and clean.

This cake is simply yummy, simple and moist! For those who prefer it less sweet and less buttery, use 90g Caster Sugar and 200gm Butter.




19 comments:

mott said...

oh..i'm def. gonna try this. my cakes somehow turn out quite hard. Your oven is not fan-forced right? My one is gila one..too powderful!

Constance said...

oh mott, my oven has a fan running all the time actually. it's been like that for a while.. and there is no button to turn if off...or i'm just bad with gadgets...

hope this recipe works for you. it's my idiot proof cake when i don't have time for nitty gritty steps...

Kat said...

Did this recipe 2 days ago. Its the best butter cake recipe I have tried out. The cake is moist and rich, simply declicious. Thumbs up from my husband. If I were to make extra, can I just double up the quantity of everything? Tks. again for this delicious recipe.

FAD MOM said...

Kat, glad you liked this.. yes, so far, it's the one i often make at home too. My helper can even make this with her eyes closed now. LOL It's so simple and very little work.

Yes you can double up this recipe if you have a good mixer that can beat it really well. My mixer doesn't handle double recipes since 500g of butter with 8 eggs is very heavy! What I normally do is measure it to 1 and half times in their proportionate ratio.

Anonymous said...

I really want to make this but live in the US and don't have a way to measure the ingredients in grams, etc.... Do you know the amounts in cups, teaspoons, tablespoons? Thank you so much.

FAD MOM said...

hi anonymous - i once wrote a post with a few conversions.. here it is.. http://www.fadaboutfood.com/2009/05/conversions-in-baking.html

hope it helps

Anonymous said...

Hi Fad Mom,

I am going to try your recipe today, but I have a question.
Does the butter have to be unsalted or does it matter?

I am excited to try this and I'll let you know how it turned out!

Fad Mom said...

hi anonymous, no worries. i use salted butter ALL THE TIME! cos sometimes I go crazy when butters go on promo price since they have increased by a big margin. LOL! If you use unsalted butter, add a pinch of salt into your flour.

i can't wait to know your outcome :P

Anonymous said...

Hi, just tried the recipe an hour ago. Had my first slice and shared with my hub. The cake is rich and moist. I used 200gm President unsalted and 50gm salted butter. It's sinful....LOL. Thanks.

Jie Yin said...

Hi there, ur recipe looks so straight forward and all comments are nothing but success! Tempt me to try it..

However, I do not have a handheld mixer. Can I mix manually?

FAD MOM said...

Anonymous: Sounds like success on your part :P yummy eh..

FAD MOM said...

Jie Yin - Do try it out. If you have a pair of strong hands, should be no problem.. This cake is rich and moist.

eric said...

hi... can i check the what is the size of the cake?

FAD MOM said...

eric, i used a rectangle cake tin for this. don't worry about the size. if the cake batter fills up your cake tin halfway, it should be fine and won't overflow when baked. try an 8 inch cake tin and if you have extra batter, use them on cup cake liners.

THE QUEEN BUNNY said...

Hi! I'm an amateur baker.

Tried your butter cake recipe word for word yesterday and I simply got the best butter cake I've ever tasted. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Most I've tried before were dry and hard. But the time that you stated were about 20 to 25 minutes. When I pulled the cake out, it was still very wet! Hmm.. what's the exact timing to get it browned perfectly?

FAD MOM said...

Hi The Queen Bunny, glad you liked the taste of this buttery cake. My oven is a fan forced type so it may be a little more 'hot' than yours. Try adding about 5 extra minutes to your baking time each bake. Sometimes you need to test it since there will always be some difference in heat for different ovens and ingredients too. By adding 5 minutes extra, you'll be able to come to a point where you find the 'right' baking time that coincides with the right colour. A nice brown is usually one that is golden brown but a notch lighter before the actual since the cake will still continue to 'cook' in it's own heat a little after you take the cake out.

Good luck and happy trying!

kejia said...

Hi,

I've tried your butter cake recipe yesterday, it turned out really moist and nice, but my family found it a little bit plain in taste though I personally found it very tasty. I used salted butter and added in a pinch of salt. May I know what brand of butter you used for this butter cake?

Karen said...

Thank you for this recipe!!
This cake was sooo good!

Rabia said...

Hi,

Im really looking forward to try your recipe for my niece's birthday cake this coming weekend, it certainly looks really tempting!

Could I make this into a chocolate variation, and if so, how much cocoa powder would you recommend I replace the flour with? My niece just loves anything chocolate.. Thanks in advance!

 
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