Butter Cake (Old Fashioned)~Yummilicious !!!!

Butter cake,as the name is the texture of the cake;utterly buttery & delicious.Perfect to celebrate any occasion and once in a while as the cake is rich in calories.This cake was posted by many of my blogger friends and one of my family favorite cakes as well.I always had the store brought version of this cake and so I bookmarked this recipe from here and it came out very well as you can seen in pics.And am happy too as I could strike out atleast one from my to do list.She had used half the quantity and baked in a 8*4 loaf pan;however I used a 8*8 square pan to bake the cake.Hope you will all enjoy baking this cake at home and each one of you would love each & every bite of it !!
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Ingredients
all purpose flour 1 1/2 cup  or 200gm
baking powder 2 tsp
butter 2 sticks / 230gm approx
milk 4 tbsp
egg yolk 4
egg white 4
powdered sugar 1 1/4 cup (refer notes)
vanilla essence 1 tsp
salt a pinch(refer notes)

Method
-Sift the flour,baking powder and salt atleast 2-3 times.Keep aside.
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C.Grease a 8*8 square pan and lining the bottom with parchment paper,keep aside.
-In a large bowl,beat the butter and sugar until pale and light.Add in one yolk at a time and beat well.
-Beat the egg whites together in another bowl until fluffy.
-Incorporate it with the butter-sugar mix,Add in the vanilla essence.Mix to combine.
-Add the flour in 2-3 parts alternating with milk.Mix well with a spatula.
-Pour into greased bake pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.(refer notes)
-Remove from pan and cool on wire rack,Cut into pieces and serve with tea !!

SERVINGS~ 8*8 size cake

NOTES
* If you are using a cake pan of 8*4 size bake for 30-35 minutes only.My cake got done at 42 minutes but please be sure to check with tooth pick whether its done or not.
* I used the regular granulated sugar and powdered it.The powdered amount should be 1 1/2 cups.Its a moderately sweet cake.

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