By Kevin Williams
So, Aster and I were looking for something sweet to eat the other night. Â But with a rather bare pantry we had to make do with what we had. Â Fortunately, Â as a collector of Amish recipes, I have plenty of inspiration at my finger tips and most Amish recipes are very minimalist. Â My eye fell on a "Golden Butter Cake" from one of my favorite Mennonite cookbooks.
Aster loved helping to make this. We have some miniature cookware that my parents bought at a Mennonite store in Dayton, Virginia.
Easy, easy cake to make. Top it off with a sweet glaze and you have something that is very pleasant, fluffy, and not too sweet. Â We ate it for dessert and then for breakfast the next day, it makes a great breakfast cake.
This is a classic "stir n bake" cake.  Keep in mind that many Plain people will make their own butter and homemade butter has a much richer golden color and that would be reflected in the cake. I used stick butter from the grocery, so the color is more muted in my cake.  We had just exactly the amount of butter the recipe called for, perhaps a sliver less. I think if I had my druthers I would have upped the butter amount to maybe 1 and ¾ cup, but that's just me.  Anyway, definitely a fun cake to make  (and eat) with my 3-year-old, Aster.  Also, the glaze is one we made just using powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and a tablespoon of maple syrup. Easy, easy.
- 2/ 3 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 /2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs.
- Beat well.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla.
- Makes a 9 X 13 or two 8" layers.
- Bake at 350 for 30 - 40 minutes.
Â
Â
Debbie
What is used as a glaze? Powdered sugar, butter, milk & vanilla?
Kevin
Yes, Debbie, adjust amounts to your taste
nancy
That would be great using orange or lemon extract too!
Kevin
Yum, that would be a nice touch, I'll have to try it that way!