Soft Dutch Butter Cake
30 minutes
This is a Dutch classic known as Boterkoek. Simple to prepare it is soft, almost cheesy in texture and has a rich butter taste.
loot1965
3 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 100g unsalted butter
- 70g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 100g plain flour
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:30min
- Put the butter in a large bowl and mix until the butter is easy to mold.
- Add caster sugar, salt, egg and lemon zest then mix.
- Add flour and gently mix it in with the other ingredients then form the dough into a ball.
- Preheat oven to 230 degrees C.
- Use a cake tin with a inside diameter of 13 to 16cm. Take the dough ball and gently press it down the cake tin with a flat hand.
- Brush a little egg on top and make a tartan motive using a fork.
- Put in the preheated oven and bake it for around 15 minutes until the surface has a golden colour.
- Cool it down for at least 1 hour.
