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All-purpose easy butter cake
Photo: David Holifield

All-purpose easy butter cake

10 ingredients 1 hr + 30 min Makes about 12 large cupcakes or one 22cm/9in round birthday cake openrecipes
All-purpose easy butter cake

Dan Lepard’s recipe is perfect for birthday cakes or cupcakes, and can be halved easily.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

896
Calories
28g
Protein
31g
Fat
121g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Arrowroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 250g/9oz caster or brown sugar
  • 50ml/2fl oz sunflower oil
  • 25g/1oz arrowroot
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 80ml/2½fl oz milk
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • 300g/10½oz plain flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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