Friday, May 25, 2012

Mrs NgSK's Butter Cake

It's on Wendy's blog and also on Peng's blog!
I love the look of the butter cake.
I haven't baked a butter cake for a long, long, long time.
B'cos there wasn't a demand for it!
My recipe is almost, almost similar to Mrs Ng's.
But I decided to try hers!
All went well except for............
There's a story behind the disastrous result!
Shame on me, playing the blame game!
But it wasn't entirely disastrous!
It tasted good....soft.....flavourful.....and
my hubby says it's good!
Oh yes! The story:
It always happens when the phone rings at the moment when you are doing something that requires some focus! Well, it did happen to me! Just as I was cranking up my oven to preheat, the phone rang!
Okay, it's only preheating, no harm done? But it did! My oven temperature was preheated at 220 deg C!
 I only realised that something was wrong when the cake began to smell nice after a mere 5 minutes!
A quick check showed an almost brown top! My eyes shifted to the temperature knob! Oh my gosh! I couldn't believe what a boo-boo I had done! Barely ten minutes in the oven, I took the risk, quick as lightning, I slipped in an aluminium foil to cover the top. Whew! Saved by the gong, I thought so!
Alas, when it was almost time to put in the skewer to check, to my horror, the top of the cake was stuck to the foil. Very gingerly, I tried to remove it but I snagged the top. Grrrrrrr..... I was angry with myself!

Just look at those "fault" lines! Haha! Fortunately no tsunami!


 After a bite, I was appeased!


Standing tall and proud?

 My thanks to Wendy for sharing and if you are reading this, please send my compliments to Mrs NgSK.

11 comments:

  1. Looks like this cake is getting popular.... no tsunami, ha, ha!

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  2. Sometime it happened to me too..luckily your cake still turn out nicely, now I start to crave for my old fashion butter cake which the recipe almost the same like this recipe.

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  3. Nvm... since u liked this too, can always bake this again.
    Share it with friends :)

    I think I will be seeing Mrs Ng in 2 week's time. Can't wait to give her lots of feedback.

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  4. Phew ... the cake turned out pretty ok!

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  5. I always love a good butter cake. Yours look very moist and delicious. I don't mind the crack. I will eat all :D Would be so good with a cup of milk...mmm

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  6. I too like the look of this cake very much, so yellow and bright1 Must try baking it one day.

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  7. As long as its edible, who cares right? Your cake still looks very good.

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  8. The cake looks great!
    I've always wanted to make a butter cake.

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  9. Yes, talking about being called on the phone at the wrong time! I have experienced that before and many times, my dishes are overcooked because of that :O

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  10. It has been a long time since I baked a butter cake. Thanks for the reminder. Using the wrong temperature happened to me many times too. LOL! You caught it in time. your cake looks good.

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  11. this is a wonderful all-time favorite cake! i could gobble down a few pieces. yum!

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