Simple and easy to make, the quintessential American butter cake recipe has travelled far and wide with people around the world guarding family recipes they hold dear. Origins of butter cake can ...

But for some time now, this has been the chosen one, the cake of cakes, elected to grace many special occasions – and with good reason. See Recipe Tip ... Cut the butter lengthways into four ...

28 x 41.5 cm. (11 x 16.3 in.) ...

This recipe ... springform cake pan with a non-stick coating and a ridged texture at the bottom. If your pan doesn’t have a ridged texture, your cake may stick slightly at the bottom. To prevent your ...

The trick to getting a sponge cake to rise is to mix the wet ingredients together before gently folding in the dry ingredients to keep air in the mixture. The creaming method, in which butter and ...