Here’s a Super Soft Moist Butter Cake recipe 🧈🍰 — rich, tender, and melt-in-your-mouth soft with that classic buttery flavor. Perfect as a tea-time cake or a base for layered desserts.
🍴 Ingredients (One 9×9 or loaf-sized cake)
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1 cup (2 sticks / 225 g) unsalted butter, softened
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1 ½ cups sugar
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4 large eggs, room temperature
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2 tsp vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste)
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 tsp baking powder
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½ tsp salt
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½ cup whole milk, room temperature
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½ cup sour cream (or plain yogurt, for extra moisture)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prep the Pan
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Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
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Grease and line a 9×9 square pan, loaf pan, or two 8-inch round pans with parchment.
2. Cream Butter & Sugar
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Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (3–4 minutes).
3. Add Eggs & Vanilla
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Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Stir in vanilla.
4. Combine Dry & Wet
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In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
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Mix half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
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Add milk and sour cream, then remaining dry ingredients.
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Mix gently just until smooth (do not overmix).
5. Bake
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Pour batter into prepared pan.
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Bake 35–45 minutes (depending on pan size) until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
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Cool in pan 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
6. Serve
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Enjoy plain, dusted with powdered sugar, or topped with whipped cream and fruit.