Butter cake recipe | How to make butter cake | Basic plain cake recipe
Ingredients
- Flour200 g
- Butter250 g
- Baking powder2 tsp
- Sugar200 g
- Egg4
- Milk60 ml
- Salt½ tsp
- Vanilla1–1 ¼ tbsp
Instructions
- Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Grease a pan and line it with butter paper.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F) for at least 15 minutes.
- Crack the eggs into a small bowl and set aside.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside.
- Cream the sugar and butter on low speed until combined, then on medium speed until pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each and scraping down the sides and bottom.
- Add the vanilla and mix.
- Add the flour in three portions, mixing on the lowest speed and scraping down the sides after each, until all is incorporated.
- Add the milk little by little, mixing after each addition, until the batter is smooth, fluffy and creamy.
- Spread the batter in the pan, level the top with a spatula and tap the pan on the counter a few times.
- Bake for 45–60 minutes, covering with foil after 25–30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5–10 minutes, then invert onto a rack and cool completely before slicing.
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