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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Old fashioned butter cake

Old fashioned butter cake


I have been missing action for few days, as my sister-in-law and her kids were visit us last week and also we went back to my hometown over the weekend. After few days of not updating my blog, I just feel lazy to get start to update a new post, hehehe..Anyway, I'm back in action now, but i can only post you this butter cake that i baked last 2 weeks ago as I did not cook or bake any new recipes over these few days.



Old fashioned butter cake


Recently, I have seen so many bloggers baked this old fashioned butter cake and this is also one of my favourite butter cake. This time, I tried with the separation of egg yolk and egg white method.

Old fashioned butter cake


Old fashioned butter cake
*makes a 8” square cake pan

250g butter
100g sugar
5 egg yolks (large)
230g cake flour
1tsp double action baking powder
4tbsp milk
1/2tsp vanilla essence

5 egg whites (large)
90g sugar

Method
1. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy.
2. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and baking powder and beat well to combine. Fold through the milk and combine well.
3. Beat egg whites in a clean large bowl until soft foam. Gradually add in sugar, and beat till soft peak.
4. Take one portion of the egg white mixture, and use a hand whisk to stir well with egg yolk mixture till combine and thick paste.
5. Slowly fold in the balance egg white with a spatula till well combine.
6. Spoon the batter in a cake pan which line the base with paper and lightly grease.
7. Bake at preheated oven at 180c for 55mins or until cooked when tested with a skewer.

Old fashioned butter cake

Happy Baking !!

93 comments:

  1. Your butter cake is very nicely baked! Look at the smoothness crumbs and evenly baked result. That's no doubt a 100% successful butter cake. I've just bookmarked this and would love to try it out. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. looks delicious nice to catch up with family, my parents come in 2 weeks can't wait

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  3. I remember the texture being very soft and nice.
    The sweetness was also just nice.
    Thanks for bringing the cake to the last gathering, it was really nice.

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  4. Sonia, I love butter cake and you are making me craving for it now... yours looks so soft and moist, exactly look like what I like, yummy!

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  5. Interesting, addition of double action baking powder to the batter. I can already imagine the cake is buttery and light! Thanks for sharing this, will definitely try this out. :)

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  6. I believe you have enjoyed your visit with your family and friends in your hometown. I love butter cake and this looks like the perfect one.

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  7. I love your butter cake. Their texture is so perfect. I thought the double action baking powder will be too strong for this cake and it didn't.

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  8. Old fashion but basic butter cake makes good dessert + a cup of black coffee ! Yummy ~!

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  9. I love pound cake! You can create so many desserts using pound cake as one of the main ingredients.

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  10. This looks so good and yummy! Since you separated the eggs, did it tastes like butter sponge cake?

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  11. WOW, it's truly the original butter cake na!!! :D

    Dear, I've tried your version of Lemon Butter Cake..my god, we ate it all at one go!!! Was not enough! hehehe...

    Gotto bake again and shoot! :D

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  12. nice and fluffy. i love old fashioned type

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  13. It looks so moist! I'm sure the egg separation method made it light and fluffy too!

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  14. Your butter cake looks delicious and comforting! I can imaging a relaxing afternoon tea with this butter cake.

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  15. hi,

    Dear sonia, do not mind to tell me, the milk used in your recipe is refer to the liquid or powder type? pls advise.

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  16. Beautiful butter cake ... nice with my afternoon tea!

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  17. Hi Sonia,
    The texture of your butter cake is very soft & nice, thanks for sharing.

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  18. Quite long didn't make butter cake liao...

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  19. Dear, Thank you for sharing,
    I like your old fashioned plate, it reminds me of my childhood memories...:)

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  20. 很有古早味道哦,连照片也是:)

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  21. An all time favourite - goes nicely with a cuppa tea for me:)

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  22. I'm craving for butter cake after seeing yours!

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  23. D texture looks firm! Able to imagine when taking a bite!

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  24. Yes, agree with the rest. Your butter cake is baked to perfection - look soft and moist. I also want to book mark this. thanks for sharing.

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  25. you butter cake looking smooth..., i'll try u style to bake it, thank for sharing

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  26. Your butter cake looks good, nice texture and moist.

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  27. Anonymous,i added with full cream milk, liquid type.

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  28. Butter cake is my hubby's favourite, and your butter cake really looks good and yummy. I will try it soon, thanks for sharing !

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  29. I grew up with something similar and now your are making me homesick lol

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  30. Nice and golden butter cake! An all-time favourite!

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  31. Oh, Sonia! So, this was the butter cake that I got to try at the meet-up? That was so good! Thank you, buddy!!! =)

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  32. sonia, the texture looks so fine and very nice! just feel like grabbing a piece now.no joke!

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  33. hmmm... must be very nice. I also busy for past few weeks. Holiday starts Friday :) But my kitchen will be busy soon as christmas parties one after the other. Me too sometimes feel lazy to update my blog.

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  34. Good old butter cake! My favourite!

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  35. Butter cake are always my favourite recipe for cakes .. my whole family love it .. thanks for sharing the recipe & i will try it soon :)

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  36. Sonia, your butter cake looks so nice and moist. I love this type butter cake. Thanks for your kind sharing.

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  37. Looks yummy! I love this kind of butter cake, rich and fluffy :)

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  38. This looks perfect!!! :) Thanks for sharing! :)

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  39. This is my mom's favourite cake too, no icing or chocolate marble cake for her, just plain old butter cake! This looks so moist and delicious!

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  40. I LOVE BUTTERCAKESS! my all time favorite but I dont dare to eat too much of that because of the calories !! its very fattening eh? I wish there weren't something call FAT or gain weight!! its frustrating me!!


    have a lovely day!
    jen @ www.passion4food.ca

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  41. Thanks for bringing this cake during the gathering. Sure is yummy!

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  42. This reminds me of a pound cake :) Look so decadent and perfect! Yum!

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  43. Hi Sonia!! I love the classic butter cake, it's so good just on its own or "modified" with any flavors you want or with added chocolate chips to make cupcakes.

    Hope you have a lovely holiday season coming up - I hope I don't get too lazy to blog when I come back from my holidays!! Catch up with you in the new year xo Kim.

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  44. I can have this old fashion butter cake anytime. It suits for all occasion.

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  45. Yum! Gonna bookmark this recipe! Love old-fashioned buttercake!!

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  46. This old fashion cake looks good and certainly will mellow with time.

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  47. old fashion cake always taste good one, we like this :)

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  48. looks amazingly fluffy and delicious. looks like the old-fashioned way is still the best

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  49. the CLASSIC! it's looks soo tempting and fluffy! A slice of cake and a cup of tea- perfect afternoon.

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  50. 这款蛋糕久久做一次,真的会让人停不了口的。

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  51. Thank for visiting me, hope u try my one too^^

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  52. Mmm I am so hungry just looking at this picture! I love this kind of cake - so yummy!

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  53. Lovely golden bake, and you paired it with an old-fashioned tableware - excellent! :)

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  54. This looks so moist and tender. I like the size too - just enough for the two of us.

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  55. I tried this recipe. The cake tasted nice but was dry and dense. Any idea why?

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  56. hi,i have try this recipe.is nice,but i did not use double action baking powder.(use normal bakingpowder).thank you for sharing.

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  57. hi your cake looks very very nice, may i ask what is double action baking powder?? can i use normal baking powder instead? thanks very much

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  58. lalayuen, double action baking powder means the baking powder reacts twice; contain one acid that dissolves when it comes in contact with water and another acid that does not dissolve until it reaches a higher temperature in a hot oven. This type of double action ensures that the finished product is light and fluffy. Yes, you can replace with normal baking powder and maybe for 1 and 1/2 tsp .

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  59. Dear Nasi Lemak Lover,

    I tired this recipe. The butter cake really yummy... nice,soft and moist! delicious.

    thanks for sharing.

    BB

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  60. can i replace cake flour to all purpose flour?
    Thanks..

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  61. I would like to try for this today..Hope it will come up nice and soft.. Thanks for your recipe, because I think your recipe is very different compare other butter cake which you used egg white and egg yolk.

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  62. butter cake looks perfect... thanks for sharing the recipe... will surely give this a try....

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  63. Hi...i have just tried the butter cake recipe.it was so nice but middle of cake was not cooked enuf..wil try again..thanks for sharing d recipe :)

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  64. Hi...im trying d second time...waiting for d result :P
    Hope successfull...

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  65. Sherene, hope you will success this time ^_^ every oven is difference, you have to adjust accordingly. Let me know the outcome ya. Thanks for try out.

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    1. Hi Sonia..the result is out...this time im using 8"square mold same as ur...but for me 55mnts isnt enuf to bake the cake...i nid more 40mnts to bake d cake...anyways thanks for the recipe...and now the butter cake smell is around me..haha ﹰ

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  66. hi sonia,
    i did try this recipe. i like it

    thanks 4 ur recipe

    hanim

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  68. Hi there,
    I'm just wondering if there is a particular kind of sugar you use for your recipes? Or is it just normal sugar?

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  70. Hi, i tried the recipe and it came out perfect! Thanks for sharing... :)

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  71. Hi, I would like to check with you if I can use top flour to replace cake flour?

    Can I also use brown sugar instead of caster sugar?

    Look forward to hearing from you.

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  72. Hi, I just tried making the cake today and it turned out great..really light and fluffy..my son says its soooo good..thanks for a wonderful recipe, it's definitely a keeper..cheers!

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  73. HI Sonia
    Did you use unsalted or normal salted butter please?
    Tq
    Susan

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  74. Hey Sonia tq for replying so quickly..!! Butter cake is irresistible.. and now I can use salted butter! Yay.. Luv your recipes..
    Susan

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  75. Hi Sonia
    Did you use condensed milk or evaporated milk or fresh milk?
    Thks

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  76. Hi Sonia

    I tried baking your Old Fashion Butter Cake on Sat, 7 Sep 13, it turned out very well. I like your recipe bec the butter cake is light and not so sweet. It is an excellent recipe! Thanks for sharing!

    Felicia

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  77. Hi, your recipe requires 8 inch square cake pan and i only have 8 inch(20cm)round cake pan. How do i tweak the recipe? I really want to bake this cake but most of the recipes online uses square pans. Please help!! :(

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  78. Hi Sonia, may I know u use which brand of butter to make it? I always can't bake well butter cake for my sister, her favourite cake.

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  79. Hi Sonia, I know this post was 5 years ago, but I just wanted to say thank you for sharing. The texture was wonderfully fine and light, and it wasn't too sweet either. Though, still a little sweet for darling hubby's taste, so I shall attempt to cut just a tad next time. Thank you again!

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  80. Hi Sonia, can i use unsalted butter?

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  81. Hi, so I estimated one tablespoon being 20mls, so I put 80mls in and the batter was still dry. So I doubled the milk. My son says it is a little dry (even though I baked it at 170 for 50 mins, with a cake liner) and one person says it was "eggy".
    So my question is, how many mls should I put in and after you add the egg yolk, do you mix it vigourisly or just mix it in till mixed in the batter. (In other words, can you over mix at that point?). Mine didn't seem as crumbly.
    Thanks in advance.
    An

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  82. Shu Hui Pang, yes you can use unsalted butter but add a bit 1/4tsp salt.

    An, For the egg yolk batter, make sure you beat well the butter and sugar till light and pale in colour, then when add in egg yolk and milk, just make sure to combine it well but do not over mix at this stage.

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  83. I just tried making the cake today and it turned out great..

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  84. Hi Sonia,

    Your butter cake looks extremely lovely and delicious! However, I am allergic to eggs. What would you suggest me to use as substitute for eggs? Or, do you have a recipe for eggless butter cake? That will be really helpful too! Thanks in advance! :)

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  85. Hi Sonia. I have lactose allergy. Can I replace the full cream milk with Soy milk?

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  86. Anonymous, I think should be ok with soy milk . If you try let me know how it taste ^_^

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