Thursday, May 20, 2010

Moist Butter Cake

Moist Butter Cake

I don’t think I have cooked anything from a blog as fast as this one.Last Sunday morning,I was home alone and as usual,was blogopping when I saw this utterly butterly Butter Cake at Maria’s blog.I read through the ingredients and surprisingly,I had everything ready in my kitchen.The recipe is super easy and can be almost termed as a beginner baker recipe.There is almost no effort involved.Literally dump everything into a mixing bowl,beat well till everything is mixed and there you have your cake batter ready.

I immediately got up and set about baking it.Only change I did was adding 2 eggs,instead of 3 as mentioned in the recipe.But still the cake turned out great..soft,moist and delicious.I have no memories of home-made cakes as baking was not a part of our cooking regime.I sure can relate to it in terms of the butter cake we bought from Best bakery.It tasted almost similar,but better.In fact,when I gave a slice to Ajay,he said it is better than McRennet’s Butter Cake,one which we used to buy regularly before my baking adventures.[*silently gushing in glory:)*]

Thanks Maria,for this Ultra simple,but fabulous recipe.We loved it.
Moist Butter Cake
Moist Butter Cake
Recipe adapted verbatim from Marias Menu

Ingredients
Butter – 125 gm, softened
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Caster sugar – 1 ¼ cups, (275 gm)
Eggs – 3, at room temp
Plain flour – 1 
½ cups
Baking powder -½ tsp
Bicarbonate of soda – ¼ tsp
Milk – ½ cup (125 ml) at room temp

Method


Preheat oven to 180 C, 10 mins before baking.
Moist Butter Cake-step1 

Grease a deep 20 cm/8 inch round cake tin; line base with baking paper.
Moist Butter Cake-step2 

Beat ingredients in medium bowl on low speed with electric mixer until just combined.
Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth and changed to a paler colour. Moist Butter Cake-step3 

Pour mixture into prepared pan.
Bake cake in the preheated oven for 40-50 mins or until the skewer inserted comes out clean.
Stand cake 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack; turn cake top-side up to cool.
Dust cake with a little sifted icing sugar, if desired.
Moist Butter Cake 

Notes
  • The batter might look curdled, but its ok, go ahead and bake it. If you want a caramel flavor, substitute 1 1/3 cups (275 gm) firmly packed brown sugar for the caster sugar.
Pictures updated on 23/08/12

45 comments :

  1. wow divya u r an expert in baking.the butter cake so soft and looks so yummy.with a cup of tea i can have 2-3 pieces..wow superb

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  2. the cake indeed looks soft and spongy..

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  3. Very delicious looking cake.

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  4. Same here divya i dont have ne baking memories apart from narayan katar vch amma used to ggive in a bakery to bake..... this luks so soft nd moise nd as u said i added homey instead of sugar nd it tastes good :)

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  5. Looks really moist and yumm :)

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  6. yummy cake!very soft...My all time fav.

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  7. Am drooling at this one Divu..a bit different recipe came to my mind when I read ur note, 'may look curdled' Deeba's Van.Cup cakes which I hv baked n lost count now :D AM surely gonna try this one out..my type of cake! Urs looks just amazingly good ..my craving has increased just by the looks of it :D

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  8. Lov elove cakes like this more than the cream cakes.
    This look absloutely yumm.

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  9. Cake looks super spongy Divya..looks scrumptious..

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  10. Its an awesome looking cake,buttery and spongy. Loved the click too. Bookmarked:):)

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  11. The cake looks really soft and tasty. Its a must try!

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  12. Lovely looking butter cake. Envious! Looks fluffy and spongy. I want a bite of this please!

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  13. Wow! I would love to have a bite of this delicious cake...so soft n moist :)

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  14. YUM!! Looks really moist and love the texture and the color of that cake too. very pretty! :)

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  15. I have bookmarked it and definitely going to make it. It has come out beautifully !!!

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  16. The cakes looks lovely spongy and moist.I am sure it tastes wonderful too.

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  17. hey divya that cake looks damn tasty and inviting.want to try it as soon as possible.pls tell me how much is 125 gm of butter(cup wise).


    sudha borkar

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  18. Cake looks real moist and soft...yummy

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  19. Wow realy cake looks soft and moist Divya feel like to grab that pieces yummmmmm...

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  20. I am not even a big cake fan, but this one is making me drool :)

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  21. Looks realy simple and perfectly baked. Bookmarked :)

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  22. Divs, I'm soooooo happy to see this cake here :). It look ultra moist n pretty :). Thanks a ton dear for trying this and yes I was really surprised to see the speed at which you made this ;)

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  23. Divs, I'm soooooo happy to see this cake here :). It look ultra moist n pretty :). Thanks a ton dear for trying this and yes I was really surprised to see the speed at which you made this ;)

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  24. The cake looks yummy..loved the click..

    www.nithubala.com

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  25. HI DIVYA
    THE CAKE LOOKS REALLY TEMPTING.WANT TO MAKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.CAN U PLS TELL ME HOW MUCH IS 125 GM OF BUTTER(CUP WISE)?

    SUDHA BORKAR

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  26. Wow what a cake...easy breezy and delicious.Great pic.

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  27. looks really good, would love to have that cake

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  28. Moist and yummy looking cake!

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  29. Truly utterly butterly delicious :)

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  30. Soft, Spongy and Utterly Delicious! I love all ur cakes!

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  31. See, even though there is no chocolate in here - I would love to gulp down a few pieces of this with a cup of hot coffee! Its breakfast time here - would have been prefect!

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  32. Looks super moist and soft Divya!!

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  33. The texture of your butter cake is very good. And nothing quite like a one bowl cake, very little washing up and an excellent cake at the end of it all!

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  34. wow the cake looks yummy and so easy to make. Divya, Where do u get oven in India?

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  35. hi,
    how can i get the same effect with eggless cake?

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  36. Its 1:30am here in Australia and I've just popped this cake into the oven *fingers crossed* this is my first cake ever! I don't bake, I just cook mains. Ha ha. Thanks for the recipe. I made it with brown sugar. The batter tasted so good! I was happy to just eat the batter without ovening I reckon.

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  37. Dr Vijayalakshmi R ShettyAugust 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    Hi

    I enjoy reading your recipes. Great....

    Wishes

    Viji

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  38. i divya even i tried the recipe from maria . it did taste good.. but it had a very thick crust.. and since it s my first ever baking (i hav gt an IFB MW convection oven). i let it go.... but it taste really good....

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  39. Hi Divya .. I tried this recipe and it came out perfect :))) Thank you so much , even posted about it today. If you can do take a look :)

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  40. Hi divya i tried this recipe..today is my birthday and i am a beginner..

    It came out well ..

    Thank you... you made my birthday..

    Anusree

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  41. Hi Divya, love your recipes ....each one i have tried out is perfect. The Moist butter cake has come out exactly like the picture you have posted. My mother makes the same cake the only difference being she adds the eggs separately and beats the egg whites fluffy. Also does not add soda. THank you.

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  42. Hi I love to try to make ur cake recipe.may I know what kind.of flour did you use?is it an all-purpose flour or a cake flour?thanks.

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  43. U said u used 2 eggs but ingredients say 3 and your photos also show 3.. please clarify

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