Butter is a spectacular ingredient to use in pastry or confectionery, as it gives the result fluffiness, flavor, moisture and structure, making your cakes stand taller. Therefore, this time, we will use it to make a rich easy butter cake combining it with lemon zest to provide a unique aroma. Also, you can prepare this cake with butter for birthdays or at your next meeting with friends for tea time and everyone will be amazed. In addition, you will see below that its preparation is not difficult at all.
Ingredients to make Butter Cake:
- 1 egg
- 50 grams of butter
- 50 grams of sugar (¼ cup)
- 120 grams of flour 0000
- 15 grams of baking powder
- 7 grams of baking soda
- 1 dessert spoon of vanilla essence
- Lemon zest
- ½ cup of milk (120 milliliters)
How to make Butter Cake:
- The first step to make the recipe for cake with butter is to beat the butter at room temperature with the sugar until you get a cream.
- Add the egg at room temperature, the vanilla essence and the lemon zest to flavor the cake. Also, if you wish, you can replace the vanilla essence with coconut, almonds or orange, according to the flavor you want to provide to your cake, as well as the lemon zest with orange. Beat these ingredients at minimum speed until emulsified with the butter.
- When the ingredients are integrated, add the milk at room temperature and the flour with the baking powder and the baking soda, helping you with a sieve or fine strainer. In this way, you will prevent lumps from forming in the preparation of your cake with homemade butter.
- Integrate the ingredients with a spatula, making enveloping movements and trying not to overbeat. Next, prepare the mold where you want to cook it by greasing and flouring it. In this case, it is a 16 cm diameter savarin.
- Cook your homemade sponge cake in the preheated oven at 180ºCfor 25-30 minutes or until the classic cut is done on top. Also, if you prick it, no remains of the preparation should come out.
- Book until it’s cold to unmold it. At this time, you can decorate it with powdered sugar and enjoy it with your favorite infusion. Let’s eat the delicious cake with butter!
