Comments on: Butter Cake http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/ Living One Day At A Time Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: prema http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-53 prema Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/10/01/butter-cake/#comment-53 we'll need your recipe to diagnose this terrible affliction your cake has. It lacks hot air. :P Quick troubleshooting: - Did you use baking powder or self raising flour or both? - Did you seive the flour? Might want to try using both baking powder and self raising flour - sieve both twice before use. FOLD IN FLOUR GENTLY into butter-sugar mix. Also this site might help you learn the physics in cake making :) http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/ we’ll need your recipe to diagnose this terrible affliction your cake has. It lacks hot air. :P

Quick troubleshooting:
- Did you use baking powder or self raising flour or both?
- Did you seive the flour?

Might want to try using both baking powder and self raising flour – sieve both twice before use.
FOLD IN FLOUR GENTLY into butter-sugar mix.

Also this site might help you learn the physics in cake making :) http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-54 petertan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/10/01/butter-cake/#comment-54 Here is the recipe: 125g butter, chopped 275g castor sugar 3 eggs 150g plain flour 75g self-raising flour ? tsp bicarbonate soda ? cup milk Grease 20cm round cake pan, cover base with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Add in the milk. Sift the flour, self-raising flour, bicarbonate soda and fold into the creamed mixture. Spread into prepared pan. Bake in 180? C for 45 minutes. The cake is too sweet. The temperature could be too high. Maybe I should reduce the milk. I will adjust the recipe and see what happens. And thanks for the URL - very interesting site. Here is the recipe:

125g butter, chopped
275g castor sugar
3 eggs
150g plain flour
75g self-raising flour
? tsp bicarbonate soda
? cup milk

Grease 20cm round cake pan, cover base with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Add in the milk. Sift the flour, self-raising flour, bicarbonate soda and fold into the creamed mixture. Spread into prepared pan. Bake in 180? C for 45 minutes.

The cake is too sweet. The temperature could be too high. Maybe I should reduce the milk. I will adjust the recipe and see what happens. And thanks for the URL – very interesting site.

]]> By: prema http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-55 prema Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/10/01/butter-cake/#comment-55 Recipe looks fine, except I don't usually add milk. You could also switch from plain flour to all self-raising flour. But keep the bicarb. I've found that egg beating also affects the fluffiness of a cake. So mix them in well, and as you add more ingredients, be gentler with the batter to keep the tiny air pockets in the mix intact. (i read this in some book ages ago, dunno how true!). G'luck with the baking :) Recipe looks fine, except I don’t usually add milk. You could also switch from plain flour to all self-raising flour. But keep the bicarb.

I’ve found that egg beating also affects the fluffiness of a cake. So mix them in well, and as you add more ingredients, be gentler with the batter to keep the tiny air pockets in the mix intact. (i read this in some book ages ago, dunno how true!). G’luck with the baking :)

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-56 petertan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/10/01/butter-cake/#comment-56 I should have folded the flour in gently by hand instead of adding it into the batter while the mixer is still running. That could be the problem. Have to wait until I replenish my larder before the next experiment. Keeping my fingers crossed. I should have folded the flour in gently by hand instead of adding it into the batter while the mixer is still running. That could be the problem. Have to wait until I replenish my larder before the next experiment. Keeping my fingers crossed.

]]> By: Sonia http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/10/01/butter-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sonia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/10/01/butter-cake/#comment-57 Dear: Peter, Hi ! This Sonia and i would like to let u know that i think you add to much milk in your recipe but i will try to bake the cake using your recipe and see how it comes out and i will let u know the results after trying. If you want i can share my butter cake recipe with you. Hope to hear from you. Sonia Lee Dear: Peter,
Hi ! This Sonia and i would like to let u know that i think you add to much milk in your recipe but i will try to bake the cake using your recipe and see how it comes out and i will let u know the results after trying.

If you want i can share my butter cake recipe with you.

Hope to hear from you.

Sonia Lee

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