BASIC BUTTER CAKE
Ingredients:
Egg 2
Maida 100 gm
Butter 100 gm
Powdered Sugar 100 gm
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Vanilla Essence 1/2 tsp
Milk 2 tbsp
Method:
1. In a big bowl, take eggs, essence and sugar. Beat well but not much.
2. Add soft butter ( white or yellow) , maida and baking powder and beat well.
3. Add milk (room temperature) and beat well.
4. Pre heat oven (not microwave) for 5 minutes at 160 degrees.
5. Take mould (alluminium moulds are best) for 1/2 kg cake, grease with refined oil. Cut brown paper only for base and place at bottom of mould. Pour the batter in the mould and bake at 160 degrees for half an hour, check and bake accordingly.
6. Take mould out of oven immediately after its done, take the cake out of mould after half an hour.
Points to Remember
1. Baking soda is completely different from baking powder, as their functions are different so you cannot substitute them with each other.
2. Always measure the ingredients on weighing machine to get best results.
3. Always use brown paper which is used for covering notebooks and never butter paper as it can burn.
4. Baking is always done best in OTG and not microwave oven.
5. The procedure of mixing the ingredients is different from regular way, as mentioned in books, but it makes
your cake much better.
Ingredients:
Egg 2
Maida 100 gm
Butter 100 gm
Powdered Sugar 100 gm
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Vanilla Essence 1/2 tsp
Milk 2 tbsp
Method:
1. In a big bowl, take eggs, essence and sugar. Beat well but not much.
2. Add soft butter ( white or yellow) , maida and baking powder and beat well.
3. Add milk (room temperature) and beat well.
4. Pre heat oven (not microwave) for 5 minutes at 160 degrees.
5. Take mould (alluminium moulds are best) for 1/2 kg cake, grease with refined oil. Cut brown paper only for base and place at bottom of mould. Pour the batter in the mould and bake at 160 degrees for half an hour, check and bake accordingly.
6. Take mould out of oven immediately after its done, take the cake out of mould after half an hour.
Points to Remember
1. Baking soda is completely different from baking powder, as their functions are different so you cannot substitute them with each other.
2. Always measure the ingredients on weighing machine to get best results.
3. Always use brown paper which is used for covering notebooks and never butter paper as it can burn.
4. Baking is always done best in OTG and not microwave oven.
5. The procedure of mixing the ingredients is different from regular way, as mentioned in books, but it makes
your cake much better.
