Basic butter cake

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4 servings

Very Easy

45 min

900 Kcal

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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

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Preparation

• 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.

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