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Mama's (Amma's) Old Fashioned Butter Cake/Easy and Simple Cake

Jayanthy Asokan
This recipe is quite simple as any other old-fashioned cake and it’s a forty-five year old recipe. 
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 people
Calories 237.3 kcal

Equipment

electric mixer grinder
Mixing bowl

Ingredients
 
 

  • 240 gm all-purpose flour
  • 150 gm sugar (you can increase 10 to 15 gm according to your taste)
  • 150 butter (unsalted butter)
  • 5 egg
  • teaspoon baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Firstly, sieve all-purpose flour and baking powder and keep it aside.
  • In a dry mixer grinder, grind granulated sugar to a fine powder. Finely powdered sugar helps to cream well easily with butter.
  • In the same mixer grinder, beat egg until frothy.
  • In a dry wide bowl, add room temperature butter and powdered sugar and cream well until it is well combined.
  • After creaming well, add sifted all-purpose flour and baking powder and gently mix it with your gentle hands.
  • Now add beaten eggs to the flour mixture and mix gently.
  • Add few drops of vanilla extract to the cake batter. Meanwhile preheat oven to 18o*C .
  • Grease 7″ inch round baking pan and dust with all-purpose flour well. Transfer the cake batter into the baking pan and tap gently on to kitchen counter to remove any large air pockets that may cause uneven texture. As the cake batter was more, I requested her to change to a 9″ inch pan. She refused and, all she wanted to bake in her old pan and allowed to use paper cups and silicone mould. Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 to 25 minutes or inserted skewer comes out clean.
  • After baking, let it cool completely. Demould gently and slice according to desired shape and size.
  • Serve cake with a hot cup of coffee or milk. It can be served for morning breakfast and can pack for a kid’s snack box too.

Notes

All the ingredients should be at room temperature.
Measure granulated sugar and then powder in a mixer grinder.
For this measurement use a 9 inch round pan.
Do not open the oven door during the first 20 minutes ,the temperature falls suddenly and cake will not rise properly and may collapse in the centre.
Every oven behaves differently so adjust the temperature accordingly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 237.3kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 4.5gFat: 12.1gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 95.1mgSodium: 168.8mgPotassium: 50.1mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 12.6gVitamin A: 411.4IUCalcium: 45.8mgIron: 1.3mg
Keyword butter cake, mama's old fashioned butter cake, old fashioned butter cake,
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