This popular Dutch Butter Cake (Boterkoek) is a rich and buttery flat cake often served with a cup of coffee in Holland. The texture is a cross between a cake, a shortcrust pastry and a shortbread cookie. This Dutch Butter cake is on the sweet side even though I had reduced the sugar to the minimal. I would rather call the thick batter as dough because it has more flour and only an egg is used. If you want to bake the cake a bit longer, it’ll be dense and more dry but it still tastes good after a day or two. I baked mine for 20 minutes. Mixing the ingredients is a breeze in less than 10 minutes with brushing of beaten egg yolk on top. You may spend some time arranging some almond flakes on top of the dough or to make it quick, just omit them. Cool the cake after baking and cut into square sizes and serve.
Dutch Butter Cake
Ingredients
- 220 g soft butter - at room temperature
- 140 g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp almond flavor - or vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 220 g cake flour/plain flour
- 30 g ground almond
- 1 egg yolk + 1/2 tsp water
- almond flakes/dried cranberries - garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 170 degrees C. Grease and line pan ( 8 x 8 cake pan).
- Cream soft butter, caster sugar and almond flavour together till light, then add egg and mix well.
- Sieve in flour and ground almond together and fold well with a rubber spatula.
- Pour dough into prepared pan and spread out, then cover with a cling pan. Using a scraper to flatten dough.
- Lightly mix egg yolk with water and brush on top of dough, then with a scraper or fork to create a crosshatch pattern on top.
- Lastly decorate with almond flakes and dried cranberries (cut to smaller pieces) and bring the cake to bake in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes till golden.
- Cut the cake into square and serve after cooling.
Notes
Nutrition
- 220克 软牛油 （温室软化）
- 140克 细砂糖 （糖分已经减了）
- 1/2茶匙 杏仁香精或香草香精
- 1个 大鸡蛋
- 220克 底筋面粉/中筋面粉
- 30克 杏仁粉
- 1个 蛋黄+1/2水，刷面
- 杏仁片，蔓越莓干，点缀
- 预热烤箱至摄氏170度。一个8×8寸烤盘，抹上牛油铺纸。
- 将软牛油，砂糖及香精一起打发，加入鸡蛋搅拌均匀。
- 筛入面粉和杏仁粉，用橡皮刮刀翻拌均匀即可。
- 将面团倒入烤盘用刮刀铺平，然后盖上保鲜膜再压平。
- 将蛋黄和水轻轻的打撒均匀，刷在面团上用三角齒刮板或叉子来回刮出线条。
- 最后铺上杏仁片像花瓣，中间放蔓越莓干（蔓越莓干用剪刀剪小粒）。放入预热烤箱烤约20-25分钟左右钟至表层金黄色即可。**觉得很花时间铺上杏仁片的话，就免了吧**
- 出炉待凉蛋糕即可切片享用。
- 蛋糕烤过头的话会非常的干，但放在温室1-2天后还是蛮好吃的。
- 烤箱温度和烘烤时间务必根据自家烤箱来定