Butter Cake / Bolo di Manteka
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Submitted by: Lila Poulo
Submit date: January 3, 2017, 7:04 pm
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Butter Cake, known in Curaçao as Bolo di Manteka, is a rich cake with a moist crumb and buttery flavor. This simple Antillean favorite is well suited to birthdays, holidays, and an afternoon treat.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb of butter
- 1 lb of sugar
- 1 lb of all purpose flour
- 10 eggs
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
- ½ cup of water
- food coloring
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Preparation
- Turn on the over to 350 degree
- Make sure butter is room temperature
- Put the butter into a mixer and and add the sugar and run the mixer
- Add the eggs and the vanilla extract to the mixture and keep the mixer running
- After this has mixed thoroughly, slowly add the flour into the mixture
- Add the baking powder and the water and let them mix for a 2 minutes
- Slowly pour the mixture into a baking pan. As you are pouring, you can add drop of food coloring to give it some color
- Let it bake for about an hour. Check if the center is still moist by using a tooth pick or knife.
- When fully baked, you can take it out of the over and let it cool down.