Butter Cake

After reading Amanda's blog on butter cake http://amandalwh.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/butter-cake/(original recipe from the famous Aunty Yochana) http://auntyyochana.blogspot.com/2006/08/butter-cake.html , my tastebuds and baking passion seem to get the better of me and I began whipping up the cake in my kitchen... another of my favourite...hmm hmm...down with a bad flu does not really stop my passion and my love for baking... heehee ;)... Gonna keep this cake all for myself only....Too delicious to be given away anyway...



Recipe goes this way:
125 gm. Butter
125 gm. Cake Margarine (I use 250g butter instead as I do not have any margarine)
100 gm. Sugar (I reduced sugar to 90g)
1 tsp. Vanilla Essence
90 gm. Egg Yolk
1 Tbsp. Evaporated milk
200 gm. Cake flour
5 gm. Baking powder
a pinch of salt
160 gm. Egg White
100 gm. Sugar

Method:

(1) Beat butter, margarine, sugar, salt and vanilla essence until light and creamy.
(2) Add in the egg yolk one at a time and beat until creamy. Add in evaporated milk.
(3) Fold in seived cake flour and baking powder.
(4) Whisk egg white and sugar to a soft peak and fold gently into the creamed butter mixture.
(5) Pour into a 20 cm. round tin and bake at 175C for about 45 mins. or until cooked.