Basic butter cake

Name: Basic butter cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 250 g unsalted butter; 100 g Sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 1 1/2 Tbsp milk; 1 tsp grated orange zest; 200 g cake flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 80 g sugar

Other

Very Easy

45 min

900 Kcal

Preparation

Preparation20 min

Cook time25 min

Beat the butter and 100g sugar until light and creamy.
Add in the egg yolks one at a time and beat until creamy. Then add in the vanilla extract, orange zest and milk and beat until incorporated.
Fold in seived cake flour, baking powder and salt. Leave aside.
Whisk egg white until foamy. Then add in all the 80 g sugar and beat until soft peaks.
Add the egg white in 2 separate additions into the cake batter. Gently fold in the egg whites. Do not overbeat the egg whites as it will result in a dry cake.
Pour into a 20 cm round tin which has been buttered and lined with parchment paper.
Bake in pre-heated oven at 175C for about 45 mins or until cake skewer comes out clean. Do not overbake as it will dry out the cake.