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Butter Cake Recipe
This is the BEST butter cake ever! It is baked, tried and tested by hundreds of fans and readers.
This is the only recipe that you will need. You will bake this rich cake over and over again because it’s so delicious.
The cake is extremely rich, buttery, moist, soft and fluffy. Every bite transports you to heaven.
How to Make Butter Cake?
This homemade butter cake recipe is fail-proof.
It’s great for novice bakers and yields perfect results every time.
This is the BEST and easiest recipe you’ll find online and I am going to teach you how to make it from scratch.
Recipe Ingredients
The recipe calls for simple ingredients that you can get from any grocery stores:
- Unsalted butter
- All purpose flour
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Yogurt or Milk
- Baking powder
- Vanilla extract
This easy recipe and simple instructions take less than an hour for a rich and delicious cake, straight from your oven.
What Is the Difference between Butter Cake and Pound Cake?
They are both very similar as they use baking powder as a leavening agent.
Pound cake gets the name because the traditional recipe calls for one pound each for the three main ingredients: butter, flour and sugar.
Butter cake has a slightly different measurement (not in the same 1:1:1 ratio) but the ingredients are similar.
Baking Tips
Make sure you follow my tips below for perfect results every time.
- Use a high quality butter. I like Challenge brand unsalted butter.
- Use a hand mixer or stand mixer to make the cake batter.
- Sift the flour for a smooth cake batter.
- Yogurt is preferred over milk and will make the cake extra soft, fluffy and moist.
- To avoid over browning of the top of the cake, cover it halfway while baking with a sheet of aluminum foil. DO NOT COVER when the cake goes into the oven or it won’t rise properly.
- If you cover the top of the cake with aluminum foil, make sure the cake batter doesn’t stick to it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Butter Cake Need to Be Refrigerated?
No, you don’t have to refrigerate the cake.
The cake is best served warm, or at room temperature.
If you have leftovers, you can wrap it up with aluminum foil or plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.
You can keep them for up to 3 days at room temperature. DO NOT FREEZE the cake.
To serve the leftover, you can warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds. You can also heat the cake up using a toaster oven.
Can I Add Berries to the Cake?
Yes, you can.
You can add fresh berry such as blueberry to the cake batter.
You can also add dry fruits such as raisins and prunes to the cake.
How Many Calories per Slice of Cake?
This recipe is only 238 calories per slice.
Serve Butter Cake With:
I love having them with a cup of coffee or tea for afternoon. It’s absolutely delightful and delicious.
For an afternoon tea party for both sweet and savory treats, I recommend the following recipes to go with the cake.
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Butter Cake (The Best!)
Ingredients
- 7 oz. (200g) cake flour or all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (225g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 7 oz. (200g) sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons plain yogurt or full milk (plain yogurt preferred)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Lightly grease the pan (loaf pan, mini loaf pan, 8x8-inch (20x20cm) or 9x9-inch (23x23cm) square pan, round pan) with some butter. Mix the flour and the baking powder together and sieve. Add in the salt and mix well. Set aside.
- Use an electronic hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugar until well combined or pale yellow in color, about 3 minutes.
- Add in the first egg. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy, about 1 to 2 minutes after adding each egg.
- Scrape down the sides for even mixing. Add in the vanilla extract and mix well. Fold in the flour and mix well. Add in the plain yogurt or whole milk
- Pour the batter into the greased baking pan. Shake it lightly to distribute the cake batter evenly. Bake until golden brown and cooked, about 40 - 50 minutes. To prevent the top of the cake from over browning, cover the top of the baking pan with a sheet of aluminum foil once the cake top is set. Use a cake tester to test doneness.
- Remove it from the oven and let cool on the wire rack for 5 minutes. Cut into pieces and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Hi Bee, thanks for the recipe it smells & tastes absolutely yummy. However, the bottom part of my cake came out looking undercooked, very moist, but skewer comes out clean. I have a oven thermometer so I don’t think it’s the oven temp, I’ve tried baking longer but it stays the same. Is there any other possible reasons about this? Thanks.
Your brand of butter might be more oily. You can reduce the butter a little bit the next time.
Hi, i just baked. taste is good. however the inner texture doesn’t like a cake, how could it so?
Besides reducing 200g sugar to 100g, everything exactly the same.
What do you mean not like cake?
This is because you reduce the sugar by too much. The internal of the cake will be dense, cakey dense or could be more custard like. The sugar is necessary to add air and fluffiness into the cake.
Hi, what pan size should I use?
Regular loaf pan, mini loaf pan or square pan.
what -.- our butter is one stick 227 gm, and i followed ur 2 and 1/3 stick. ruined my cake
Yvonne, I am so sorry to hear that. This website is in US measurement because I am based here and the 1 stick of butter here is very small…in the recipe it says 2 1/3 stick butter (250g).
Hey your butter 2 and 1/3 stick ( 250gm) means 250 x 2 and 1/3 ? 583gm of butter?
Just 250g, or two sticks + 1/3 of the third stick.
Hi Do you use bleached or unbleached all purpose flour for this recipe? Thanks
Bleached.
The cake normalized today….it was really tasty….I think I will teach my students this but if I reduce the butter to 225grams will it affect its out come?
No, but it will not be as tasty.
So do u suggest I use unsalted butter or reduce. My margarinne to 225g or 200grams….I like the taste too,but my ppeps said its too oily I als notice wen you take a chunk and squeeze the oil comes out…
Hello….I just made u butter cake recipe,but it seems too oily,I will ave to reduce my butter on the next trial….although I used margarine instead of unsalted butter and omitted salt…..didn’t u notice the oily result?
Hi Esther, with butter, the cake is just buttery but not oily. It’s great and many people have great results. I am not sure about margarine, but I would think it’s more oily since it’s made from processed fat and oils.
Hi there – I tried your butter cake recipe after trying the banana cake recipe and I’m thrilled to say that I wasn’t the least bit disappointed. This really is the best butter cake recipe by far!
You are just an amazing person – you share your recipes with the world and give a little happiness to people’s life by doing so. Thank you so much!
Thanks Mimmy your sweet comment just made my day!!! :)