Cream 250 gr of butter with 250 gr sugar (though I put 175 gr if not too sweet) and 4 eggs (one by one till mixed well), then add 250 ml liquid (orange juice or if vanilla cake - milk with vanille essence) alternating with flour that has a bit of orange zest if orange cake and 1 coffee sp of baking powder. End with flour.
Bake at 175 C till done... 45 to 1 hour, depends on your oven .
So yesterday, I did all the steps above, but at the end I noticed the mixture didn't blend well. I didn't give it much importance, though I should have, but I was in a hurry to finish and I put all in the mold, direclty to the pre-heated oven.
Ten minutes have gone by and I went to check on the cake to see how it was doing that I saw it bubbling... liquid butter.. yeap.
And then it hit me, after a split second I just knew why.
Last week, a friend of mine was over at my place and we were in the kitchen and she commented about the amount of butter I had bought and I said it was because I was going to make some cookies and bake a cake.
However, I forgot about the cookies that I was going to use that butter for, and in my mind I had bought only 250 gr, not the 500 gr of butter that I put in the cake.
Yes, I put 500 gr of butter and what's worse is that I didn't notice. Obviously, my mind was somewhere else...
Despite all, I was curious to know what it would turn out, what consistency it'd be; so I let it baked till done. The baking process was much faster, less flour obviously more "liquid", got very tanned due to the butter, as you see the result. ...
I must admit my curiosity ended there since I was not brave enough to taste that.
My daughter was and I was expecting another spitting act like the caramel creme but she didn't, she ate it all, well ... a small piece. But still! I was so astonished that she would not only swallow it but would want more which of course I didn't let her since I was afraid she would have a tummy-ache.
Though I hate throwing food to waste, I do not think it's safe to eat it either.
Now it's Sunday... and definitely not everything is perfect...all shops are closed, and I don't have any more butter to bake...
maybe that's a good thing till I get my head back where it should be :)
till then !
