Old Fashioned Butter Cake

6th Jul 2011

Nothing more satisfying and comforting than a slice of good old fashioned butter cake with a cup of tea! A simple and easy butter cake recipe adapted from Sonia @ Nasi Lemak Lover.

Moist and buttery... Just nice to use up my can of Golden Churn butter.

Old Fashioned Butter Cake
Recipe adapted from Nasi Lemak Lover
Ingredients:
250g Butter (chilled)
100g Castor sugar
5 Egg yolks
230g Cake flour
1tsp Double action baking powder
4tbsp Milk
1/2tsp Vanilla essence

5 Egg whites
90g Sugar

Method:

Preheat oven at 170 deg C, line a large loaf tin or a 8" square tin

1. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and creamy. (using medium speed)

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 in the milk and combine well.

3. Whisk 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. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 55 mins or untill cooked.