44 traditional butter cake Recipes

all-purpose wheat flour, yeast, see note, sugar, milk, butter, unsalted and melted, egg, salt, damson plums, see note, sugar, ground cinnamon

icing sugar , sifted, ground almonds, egg yolk, beaten lightly, orange juice, drops almond essence, plain flour, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, currants, sultanas, butter, caster sugar, eggs, milk, to mix

flour, fat or 175 g butter or 175 g margarine, demerara sugar or 150 g brown sugar, egg, cardamom (whole or ground ) or cinnamon (whole or ground) or anise seed, to taste (whole or ground), water

oat flour, whole wheat flour or 1 cup traditional flour or 1 cup white, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, light brown sugar or 2/3 cup dark brown sugar, tightly packed, eggs, mashed banana, plain yogurt (non fat to full fat is fine ), vanilla extract, chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional), chocolate chips (optional) or 1 cup toffee pieces (optional), old fashioned oats, light brown sugar or 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, tightly packed, ground cinnamon, salt, unsalted butter, melted, chopped pecans or 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

brown sugar , firmly packed, pecans, finely chopped, quick-cooking oats, cinnamon, sugar, butter, softened, eggs, almond extract, all-purpose flour, low-fat vanilla yogurt, traditional half-and-half cream or 1/2 cup fat free half-and-half cream, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar , firmly packed, butter, half-and-half cream, vanilla, salt

water (110 to 115 degrees ), active dry yeast, sugar, sugar, flour , unsifted, nutmeg, salt, lemon , zest of, warm milk, egg yolks, butter, cut into slices and softened, softened butter, milk, egg, slightly beaten with the milk, cinnamon, green food coloring paste, purple food coloring paste, yellow food coloring paste, sugar, sugar, lemon juice, water

roughly a century ago , the founder of wellesley college held that, pies, lies, and doughnuts should never have a place in wellesley college. students honed their fudge-making skills in secret. we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. here s what we discovered, test kitchen discoveries, it seems decades of chocolate overload have desensitized the modern palate , and far more chocolate flavor was required of our cake. we substituted some of the bar chocolate for cocoa powder bloomed in hot water to deepen its flavor., our thick , fudgy frosting required an extra-sturdy cake to support it. all-purpose flour in place of pastry flour gave the cake more stability., traditional recipes called for thick sour milk, an ingredient we weren tsp quite prepared to call for. instead, we used buttermilk to give our cake a hint of tang., our filling recipe needed to be simple, so we immediately scrapped anything that required a candy thermometer. we found an unexpected solution that called for evaporated milk., our frosting kept falling apart when we added chocolate to the warm sugar mixture. the heat was causing the fat in the chocolate to separate, a problem easily solved by adding butter and evaporated milk first to cool it down a bit.

panettone traditional italian cake, mascarpone , or as needed (or desired), apricot jam , or as needed, eggs, cream, (it s important to use cream, not milk, or the cake will get too soggy and it will be hard to keep it together when you turn it), salt, extra virgin olive oil , or as needed, unsalted butter, powdered sugar for serving; optional

simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes, marinated artichokes, drained, fresh spinach, chopped, red bell pepper, diced, yellow onion, diced, plum tomato, diced, fresh basil, chopped (reserve 2 tbsp for garnish), goat cheese, crumbled (4oz package), eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour, garlic cloves, minced, unsalted butter, raw shrimp, cleaned, bacon, diced, salt, fresh ground black pepper

chocolate, butter or 1 lb firm margarine, broken mixed biscuit (cookies), chopped mixed, roasted nuts, vanilla

cake flour, brown sugar or 2 cups yellow sugar, if available, baking soda, cream of tartar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg (optional), salt, butter, soft, rendered pork fat (or crisco if you must, see note below about pork fat), sweet sherry or 1/2 cup muscatel or 1/2 cup madeira wine or 1/2 cup port wine, but you may need up to 3/4 cup of the sweet wine, eggs, whisked well

margarine or 1/4 lb butter, softened, eggs, separated, sugar (150 g or 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp ), flour (150 g or 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp ), dry yeast, vanilla (or 1 tbsp sugar), milk (approximate), prepared custard (optional), fresh fruit such as strawberries (or kiwis, apricots, cherries), fruit jam mixed with a little water, to glaze (red currant, strawberry or apricot jam), freshly whipped cream, to serve

food cake mix, simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes, milk, butter, softened, eggs

evaporated milk, granulated sugar, egg yolks (beaten ), butter (not margarine), broken pecans, flaked coconut (not shredded ), vanilla

unsalted butter, sugar, best vanilla you can buy, flour, baking powder, salt, milk, egg whites, egg yolks, sugar, salt, butter, bourbon, chopped pecans , raisins, glazed cherries, frozen coconut, sugar, water, cream of tartar, salt, unbeaten egg whites, vanilla

unsalted butter (4 sticks), sugar, eggs, separated, lemon extract, flour , reserve little to dust raisins, pecans, before adding, heaping tsp baking powder, pecans, chopped (medium, not fine ), white raisins or golden raisins, i added some personal notes in the directions. the directions may look lengthy , but they not complicated. enjoy

unsalted butter, sugar , sifted, pure vanilla extract, cake flour , sifted (not self-rising), coarse sugar (sanding)

simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes, eggs, prosciutto, chopped in small pieces, gruyere cheese, shredded, butter (for frying )