Butter Cake with Blueberry Filing

I have sweet tooth and love cakes so much. I love to bake but I'm rather lazy too. I prefer those simple but nice recipes. Sometimes I would just buy cakes from shops, but somehow if I have the time to bake, I will still bake from time to time. With my all-time fan (my uncle) around, it's a motivation to me to bake though. haha... he just loves cake more than me...

Ingredients : -
195gm cake flour
140gm plain flour
150gm castor sugar - I use 100gm
100gm light brown sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
225gm salted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
4 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 tbsp vanilla essence

Optional: Half tin of Blueberry filing

It's actually a vanilla cupcake recipe which yields 24 cupcakes (need to bake in 2 batches. But I had to go to get a new hard disk very soon so I bake it in one-go in 2 small tins.

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. In a bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking powder on low speed until well mix with the k-beater. Add cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

3. In another bowl, combine eggs, milk and vanilla essence. Light whisk to mix well. With mixer on medium speed, add wet ingredients into the flour mixture in 3 parts, scraping down the sides of the bowl before each addition. Beat until ingredients are incorporated but do not overbeat.

4. Cupcake: Fill papercups with batter to two-third full. As for me which I opt for baking tins, I fill the tins into one-third full and spread a layer of blueberry filing over and spread the remaining batter on top to cover the blueberry filing.

5. Bake it for at least 20 to 25mins for cupcake while 35 to 40mins for cakes in baking tins. Test cake with cake tester or just tooth pick and when it comes out clean, it is ready. Transfer to cooling rack to cool down completely.

Result: Soft, buttery taste yet not too sweet. Love it every bite to the end.