You Can Try This Well Butter Cake Recipe At Your Home

One of the best tried and tested butter cake recipe that I have made with success. Makes for a light, fluffy, moist yet firm cake that works great for a fondant icing celebration cake. You can marble the cake by adding two tablespoons of cocoa powder to half of the batter and create a ripple effect to your cake. In fact, the cake does not need any icing and tastes great on its own.

You can try adding different flavorings instead of the usual vanilla flavor to this cake recipe with butter. Lemon zest, orange zest, nutmeg, cardamom or cinnamon powder work great as flavorings. This cake works well with any sort of frosting, be it chocolate frosting, buttercream, ganache or any flavored glaze.

Basic Butter Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Butter - 1 cup + 4 tbsps
• Castor Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
• Vanilla Essence - 2 tsps
• Eggs - 4
• Maida - 2 1/2 cups
• Baking powder - 2 tsps
• Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
• Milk - 2/3 cup
• Buttermilk - 1/3 cup
• Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line two 8" cake pans with baking/parchment paper.
2. Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder in a bowl. Add salt and whisk together. Keep aside.
3. In a bowl, cream butter, castor sugar and vanilla on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating to combine. Add the buttermilk and beat for 10 seconds.
5. Add the flour, a few tbsps at a time. Use a wooden spoon to combine. Next add a little milk and stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk, ending with the flour.
6. Divide the cake batter equally into the two greased and lined pans. Bake for 55 mts to an hour or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. (Check from 50 mts onwards) Allow to stand in pan for 10 mts.
7. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool for 30 mts.. Slice and serve.