"Food is not about impressing people. It's about making them feel comfortable." Ina Garten, 'The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook'
8/19/2010
8/09/2010
Faery’s Butter Cake.
Faery’s Butter Cake.
Well this not so butter…in fact it has no butter because I used margarine, I love this cake, is so moist, soft and delicious but the best part is: it is very easy to make. Which is good for me because Michele is on vacation, he is a very active boy so I have to look after him 15 hours a day.





Ingredients.
1 cup margarine.
1 1/3 cup sugar.
3 cups self raising flour.
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar.
6 egg whites.
6 egg yolks.
1 cup milk. *
½ teaspoon baking powder.
¼ teaspoon salt.
1 tablespoon vanilla essence.
Chocolate whipped cream for the icing
1- Sieve together flour, salt and baking powder.
2- Whisk sugar and margarine until fluffy.
3- Add the essence then the egg yolks one at a time.
4- Then alternate flour and milk.
5- In a clean bowl whisk the egg whites until soft peaks and add the ream of tartar keep whisking until firm picks form.
6- Carefully fold in the egg whites in the butter batter until the batter look homogeneous.
7- Pour the batter in buttered and floured cake pan.
8- Bake at 200 °C until and inserted wooden stick comes out clean.
9- Unmold immediately and let cool before icing.
*note1: you can substitute milk for 7up or fruit juice that has been boiled and cooled before use.
Note2: if you use 7up you can substitute the vanilla essence for lemon juice and grated lemon zest.