Butter cake is a rich, soft, and classic cake with a tender crumb and deep buttery flavor—perfect with tea or as a base for layered cakes 🍰
🧈 Classic Butter Cake Recipe
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 cup (225g) butter (softened)
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prep
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F)
- Grease and line a cake pan
2. Cream butter & sugar
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (very important step)
3. Add eggs
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each
4. Mix dry ingredients
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt
5. Combine
- Add dry ingredients and milk alternately into the batter
- Stir in vanilla
6. Bake
- Pour into pan and bake 35–45 minutes
- Toothpick should come out clean
7. Cool
- Let it cool before slicing
💡 Tips for a perfect butter cake
- Use room temperature ingredients
- Don’t overmix after adding flour
- Creaming butter + sugar well = soft cake
- Tap pan lightly to remove air bubbles
🍽️ Variations
- Marble cake: swirl chocolate batter through it
- Lemon butter cake: add lemon zest + juice
- Tea cake style: keep it simple, no frosting
- Frosted version: top with buttercream or chocolate icing
😋 Serving ideas
- With tea or coffee
- With fresh fruits and cream
- As a base for birthday cakes
If you want, I can give you:
- a super moist bakery-style butter cake
- a pound cake version (denser & richer)
- or a no-oven stovetop version 🔥
