Ramin Ganeshram

Butter Cake

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    Cake
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago
Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

My father particularly enjoyed this cake, which is also called “sponge cake” in Trinidad, with tea and so it was another of the cakes he made on his baking weekends. To produce the best results, it’s important to take the time to beat the butter and sugar until it is nearly doubled in volume.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ⅛ teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 teaspoon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F, and grease and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.
  2. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
  3. Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and nearly doubled in volu