butter cake

Rich golden dessert

Butter cake is any cake in which butter provides the primary fat, as opposed to oil cakes or foam cakes that rely on whipped eggs for structure.

The category includes pound cake, yellow cake, and most layered birthday cakes.

The butter gives these cakes their characteristic dense, tender crumb and rich flavor: She made a simple butter cake with chocolate frosting.

heritage

pound

Weight, strike, or kennel

heirloom · homemade · old-fashioned · nostalgia · family recipe · comfort · grandma's · time-honored · gâteau · Madeira

dessert

frosting

Sweet cake covering

celebration · slice · party · treat · indulgence · teatime · pastry · snack · afternoon tea · potluck

baking

flour

Milled grain powder

  • eggsReproductive cells in shells
  • ovenEnclosed cooking chamber
  • batterUncooked cake mixture

mixer · vanilla · measuring · whisk · pan · preheat · cream · sift · fold · grease

texture

moist

Slightly wet

fluffy · rich · velvety · soft · light · golden · delicate · airy · smooth

flavor

vanilla

Orchid pod extract

caramel · almond · orange · coconut · pandan · ube · rum · coffee · spice · citrus

Categories
Opposites
fat content/richness

butter cakeangel food cake

Foam-based white sponge

angel food · sponge cake · chiffon cake · genoise · meringue

Family

butter, cake, butters, buttered, buttering, buttery, cakes, caked, caking

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G