something great to share.

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Yellow Butter Cake

found this great recipe for butter cake - tried it several times and the cake comes out great!

Ingredients (makes an 8 inch round tin)
Unsalted Butter 180g
Sugar 195g
Salt 2g
Eggs 110g (2 eggs)
Cake Flour 225g
Baking powder 9g
Milk 225g
Vanilla Extract 4g

Creaming method:

1. Preheat oven at 190 degrees celsius.
2. Scale ingredients accurately. All ingredients should be at room temperature.
3. Place butter in mixing bowl. Use paddle attachment and beat slowly until smooth and creamy
4. Add sugar; cream mixture at moderate speed until light and fluffy (around 8 to 10mins). optional - add salt and flavourings now to ensure uniform distribution. if melted chocolate is used, add it during creaming.
5. add eggs a little at a time. after each addition, beat until eggs are absorbed before adding more. after eggs are beaten in, mix until light and fluffy.
6. Scrape down sides of bowl to ensure even mixing.
7. Add 1/4 of dry ingredients, mix just until blended in. Add 1/3 of wet ingredients. Repeat until all ingredients are used.
8. Bake at 190 degrees celsius for 25 mins.