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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.
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.
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btw… I read above using square pan. I have one of that but seems rather low in depth (about 5-6cm). Can that be used? Would baking in a regular round pan versus a tube pan make a difference?
I tried to bake this cake last weekend and turn out very good! Only thing is it was slightly burnt at one of the edges… perhaps temperature should be 180 deg and for 45 minutes instead of 191 deg C for 40 minutes?
Btw…would the baking pan make a difference? I used a tube silicon one…
Hai! If I half the recipe, should I also half the baking time?
No.
Thank you for this simple recipe, it is a keeper for me. I made this cake with 2 large eggs this afternoon, all other ingredients scaled down for 2 eggs recipe, baked at 160 deg c for first 10 mins, up temperature to 180deg c for next 10 mins. Cake browned evenly.
Yummy, yes I always half the recipe, too. :)
Hi Michelle here. I got make butter cake the cake come out the cake inside wet. Why. I think is uncooked
Insert a cake tester in the middle of the cake to check whether or not it’s fully baked, per the recipe method, if not bake longer.
Can I use this recipie for a birthday cake with frosting?
Thanks
Hi…Need to use baking powder?
Just follow the recipe yes.
Hi Bee, thanks for the recipe. I baked a butter cake using your recipe (with a few accidental tweaks) and my friends loved it. Instead of using only AP flour, I mixed AP flour and self-raising flour. It worked. I didn’t have an electric mixer, so I microwaved the butter for less than a minute to soften it and pour it into the caster sugar then hand-mixed them. And I mistakenly added the milk to the mix prior to the flour part. I appreciate your recipe a great deal. Haha. Made my day when my friends, especially the Italian friend, said it’s very hard to bake a cake so fluffy inside. So it means you did a splendid job writing the recipe/method. I did freak out a little when the top was turning too brown but it wasn’t totally cooked inside, but my housemate suggested I reduced the heat a little. It worked out alright. So thanks!!! :D
Cindy, so glad to hear your success story. This butter cake recipe is excellent, I love it.
Hi! I was thinking of trying your recipe tonight. Husband has been asking for butter cake for a long time! My first time baking with yogurt, so may I know what type of yogurt you used? I only have Greek yogurt at home at the moment. Is it ok? Or is there modification needed? I like milk flavour too. How to mix the two of them in your recipe? Thank you!
Haven’t tried Greek Yoghurt I am not sure. I used plain yoghurt the last time.
Tried Greek yogurt it turns out beautifully soft and fluffy and smell great I even mixed with cocoa mixture to make a marble cake
hi i tried your cake last year & decorated it with butter cream, it was wonderful.on June 17th my second daughter’s 1st birthday, so my hubby asked me to go for yours then i tried yesterday but it didn’t turn out good like before.i can see small i mean very very tiny lumps all over the cake.
secondly according to Australian cup 250ml i did last year cake.
but this time i did measuring on scale as i found American cups are different to Australian cups.
what i observed was cup measurement was so less than the scale measurement,for example 200gms crossed more than 250gms in my cup.may be i put 200gms according to scale but it may be 280 according to cup.
i don’t know what was the reason & what to follow next time.
i thought may be the lumps are bcoz of not mixing properly or more flour.i was scared that i may over mix as u said fold in the recipe.can i put more milk or can i mix for longer time.
if u can plz help me.i know it was not your mistake.hope you understand.
Hi Sharon, it’s the same recipe. You should just use the metric measurement, which will be the most precise. For the tiny lumps, they are the flour, so please sift the flour twice for the best results. Don’t add more milk but mix it slightly longer to dissolve all the lumps. Good luck! PS: Yes all measurements are in US cups on Rasa Malaysia.
thank you for your reply & understanding, you are so quick in replying. any way the lumps are so tiny so i will follow as you said.thank you for the detail recipe.today morning my hubby eat the cake & said its so delicious & the tiny lumps are not really visible.i mean no one will no if i don’t tell them.
so i can double or triple the recipe right?
keep up the good work.may god bless you.thanks in advance.
Yes you can double or triple the recipe but depending on your pan, you might need to adjust baking time. Easiest is to buy a few loaf pans and bake a few of them at once. You should try my marble cake recipe, similar. Just search on the top right on my site for the recipe.