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Monday, July 20, 2009

2nd Baking: Butter Cake



It's not that I never bake a cake before. Just that I never found a recipe that is just nice for a butter cake that it supposed to be. Sometimes, the cake is too dry and sometimes it is too sweet.

So, to be at the safe side, I served the net for a "guaranteed" recipe. I found this appeared as the first searched result. It's 5x mom's recipe. It's simple to follow and I feel more secure by just follow her's. Anyway, I substituted some of the ingredients with what I had in the fridge, and I reduced the sugar portion by 30gm.

The cake turned out just nice. It's soft, fluffy, not too sweet and not too dry. Anyway, I just need to improve my skill in cake cutting. I spoil the cake, opsss...... Also, I shall wait the cake to cool before cutting, which I failed to do so. I was eager to see its texture. So, you can see I have two pieces of ugly cakes below. I didn't care that much, and so do him (hubby) and him (Tiger). Both of them keep on asking for more. So, in just less than 15 minutes, we ate up almost half of the cake. So "laku".



Butter Cake

Ingredients:

250gm butter
200gm Castor sugar
250gm self raising flour
4 omega-3 eggs
1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
1/2 tsp orange essence (added to eggs)
1 tbsp of condense milk diluted in 6 tbsp hot water

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the sides and base.

2. Beat butter & sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs one at a time beating well after addition.

4. Fold in the sifted flour and baking soda to mix.

5. Pour in milk and stir to mix.

6. Bake in the preheat oven for 45 minutes.
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20 comments:

  1. buzzingbeeJuly 20, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    wuah..the outcome look so yummy!!!
    I tend to have the same problem as you..sometimes too sweet or dry.
    Will try this out :)

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  2. carisoJuly 20, 2009 at 11:30 PM

    If it's me, I will also be the same, can't wait to see the result and quickly cut. Ha!

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  3. Elin ChiaJuly 21, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    Hi Little Inbox,

    Wow,what a delicious looking butter cake! I hope you will find baking fun and I look forward to more baking from you :)) Great job! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  4. Little InboxJuly 21, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    buzzingbee, hope you like it! :)

    Cariso, haha, we are the same, too "sum kap".

    Elin, mine one is just simple stuff. I admire your baking skill and passionate to baking. I will try your recipe once I pick up some skills.

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  5. New Kid on the BlogJuly 21, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    whenever I make this cake, I always find it too dry. dunno why.

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  6. Little InboxJuly 21, 2009 at 8:16 AM

    New kid, when I substitute 250gm of butter with margarine, the cake will turn out dry too. I do not know about the reason too.

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  7. SelbaJuly 21, 2009 at 8:53 AM

    Sounds and looks yummy :)

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  8. DoraJuly 21, 2009 at 10:46 AM

    I wanna some too. Maybe next time u can make Marble cake?

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  9. J2KfmJuly 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    i like mine with raisins though. been used to my mum's cakes since childhood days.

    she doesnt bake anymore though.

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  10. Big Boys OvenJuly 21, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    this is such a rich and delicious cake, just love them all, you did a fantastic job! well done

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  11. Little InboxJuly 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Selba, thanks. :P

    Dora, yes you are right! I've bought chocolate powder to the new mission. :D

    J2Kfm, i thought of wanna make some cup cakes with raisins, which I have bought last week.

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  12. Little InboxJuly 21, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    BBO, a praise from you, the baking expert, pai seh lar. Mine is just a simple cake for newbie. My skill is terrible. Need a lot of improvement. Now, I aim for your Ma Lai Kou recipe, hehehe...will find a day to try it.

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  13. UnknownJuly 21, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    From your recipe, doesn't it taste sweet too? ^-^ I have quite similar recipe as you but without the milk and essence. I found a bit sweet too. lol So i use brown sugar instead of white sugar. Not sure why, but my neighbour kids and my gal love the butter cake with brown sugar than the white sugar. lol

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  14. Food For TotsJuly 21, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    In 15 mins, 1/2 of your cake is gone! Wow! Must be a super-yummy cake. I must bookmark it for trying. ;)

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  15. choi yenJuly 21, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    I can smell the butter cake now~~~

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  16. Little InboxJuly 21, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    Food Paradise, oh I see. I should try using brown sugar next time. So, is it the same measurement at 200gm?

    Food for Tots, they are the "hungry ghost", hehe. Happy trying!

    Mimid3vils, oh really? Did I make you hungry? Sorry, mummy!

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  17. Mama MiaJuly 22, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    This is really is a coincidence! Seems like both of us had found us a butter cake recipe to keep. :)

    Me too,can't really wait for the cake to cool-off..too excited to see how it turn out. LOL.

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  18. UnknownJuly 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    Yes still the same. I try deduct some but the kids find that not so nice. SO I maintain 200gm. Hope you like it.

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  19. Little InboxJuly 22, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    Mama Mia, yes, whatever I shared in blog is the edible recipe, haha...
    Your girl love the cake?

    FoodParadise, thanks for the info. I shall try it next round. :)

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  20. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    I tried to do this cake. It turned out very soft and delicious. But the next day it became a little hard. I donno why.

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