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Butter Cake (California Pizza Kitchen Copycat)




Butter Cake (California Pizza Kitchen Copycat)
source GoodThymesAndGoodFood
categories cake, copycat, dessert
yield Serves 6
prep time 15 mins
total time 1 hour

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 to 2 ½ sticks of butter (softened). Choose unsalted butter.
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 ½ cup of flour (you can substitute with gluten-free flour)
  • 3 eggs or 2 Lrg eggs
  • 2 t vanilla extract, OR 1 tsp almond extract + 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup of buttermilk (you can replace by regular milk)
  • ¼ cup of condensed milk (optional)
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • [For cream cheesecake layer (optional)]
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

    • INSTRUCTIONS
  • 1. Heat oven to 375 °F .
  • 2. Butter the bottom of a cake pan ( I use one about 9 inches) or individual pans.
  • 3. Cover the bottom and sides of the pan with some sugar. The sugar will stick to the butter, make sure you made an even layer, and all sides and bottom are covered with sugar and butter.
  • 4. AS LISTED mix all the ingredients (I use a stand mixer) adding and mixing one by one. Mix cake mix well, the batter should be fluffy and light, but quite dense and thick. The list:
  • 5. softened butter
  • 6. sugar
  • 7. flour
  • 8. eggs
  • 9. vanilla extract (if you want to add almond extract, add it now)
  • 10. milk
  • 11. condensed milk (optional)
  • 12. baking powder
  • 13. Pour the batter into the cake pan, cover ¾ of a pan maximum, as the batter should have space to rise.
  • 14. Based on the size of your pan, bake for about 45 15. 60 min, or until a toothpick or a cake tester comes out clean. The cake will be golden brown.
  • 16. Serve the restaurant way 17. with ice cream on top.
  • 18. It is better to let the cake cool on the wire rack for 5 min before serving and serve warm butter cake19. it really makes the difference. If you will refrigerate the cake, preheat it in the micro oven for 30-40 sec before eating.
  • [CREAM CHEESE LAYER]
  • 20. Prepare the cake batter in a large bowl following the instructions above.
  • 21. In a small bowl whip together sugar and cream cheese until creamed. You can always use a hand or stand mixer at medium-high speed.
  • 22. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
  • 23. Pour cake batter into the cake pan or pans. Don't overpour as the cake will rise.
  • 24. Top with a layer of the cream cheese layer mixture.
  • 25. Bake for 60 26. 75 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean and the cake has golden-brown color.
  • 27. Serve!

    • NOTES
    Buttermilk is a good choice to make a tender and moist butter cake. Be careful, it is even thicker than normal milk, so if you have any issues with milk consumption. For this amount of ingredients I use one 9-inch cake pan, if you want to use individual pans, you need 4 4-inch pans. For 9-inch pan the baking time will be around 45-60 min based on your oven, for 4-inch pans the baking tima will be around 20-25 min.

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