6-Ingredient Butter Cake Recipe
Image by Deepali Ohri
Impress your whole family with this easy-to-make 6-ingredient butter cake recipe by Deepali Ohri. It’s super soft and fluffy – perfect with a hot cup of coffee or tea. This will probably be the best-tasting cake you’ll ever bake at home. Watch the video below and start baking!
Ingredients:
- 1 and 3/4 cups of cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 cup of room temperature salted butter (if you are going to use unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt)
- 5 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of milk
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Instructions:
Step 1:
In a mixing bowl, sift 1 and 3/4 cups of cake flour and 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to remove lumps. Sift it 2 more times. This will bring a lot of air into the batter. Set it aside.
Step 2:
In another bowl, add 1 cup of unsalted butter and whisk until the butter is soft. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and whisk on a low-speed setting for about 2 minutes. After that, scrape the sides and continue beating for about 15 minutes. Scrape the sides again and increase the speed. Beat for another 15 minutes.
Step 3:
Continue beating while adding the 5 eggs one at a time. Next, add the vanilla extract and beat until just combined.
Step 4:
Scoop half of the dry ingredients one at a time while continuously whisking. After you add half of the dry ingredients, scrape the sides. Add 1/4 cup of milk and start beating again followed by the dry ingredients – one scoop at a time. Once it becomes thick, scrape the sides again, then add the remaining milk and dry ingredients.
Step 5:
Scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl. Transfer into a greased square pan lined with parchment paper on the bottom. Level it with a spatula.
Step 6:
Place in a preheated oven at 320 degrees F and bake for about 55 to 65 minutes. Make sure to check it after 45 minutes if the cake is already done baking.
Step 7:
Let it cool on a rack, then remove it from the tray and slice. Enjoy!
