This Indian butterscotch cake is made with an eggless sponge cake base, crunchy caramel praline, and whipped fresh cream frosting. It is a quick and easy recipe for a butterscotch cake. Not just the cake, I am sharing with you how to make the Butterscotch Chips as well.
Ingredients:
For the Sponge base:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 cup Curd
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Butterscotch Essence
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
For the Butterscotch Chips:
- 3 tablespoon Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Butter
- 2 -3 drops of butterscotch essence
- 1/2 teaspoon yellow food color
For the Sugar syrup:
- 3/4 cup Water
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Butterscotch Essence
To Cover:
1 cup Whipped Cream
Method:
- Place the sugar in the pan and melt it on high heat.
- Once the sugar is caramelized, add in the butter and mix well to incorporate all the butter in the sugar.
- Add food color and essence and mix it well.
- Remove the mixture on a greased plate and set it aside to cool.
- Once the butterscotch sets, break it into small pieces.
- Our butterscotch chips are ready.
For Sugar Syrup:
Mix water, essence, and sugar to make a simple sugar syrup.
For Sponge:
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Take curd in a bowl and add baking soda and baking powder and mix it well.
- Keep it aside for one minute and notice bubbles rising in the mixture.
- Add sugar oil and essence and mix it well.
- Add flour in three parts and mix well to make a smooth batter.
- Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
To assemble the cake.
- Slice the cake into three parts.
- Soak the base with 5 tablespoon Sugar syrup. Apply a 1” thick layer of the whipped cream. Cover it with butterscotch chips.
- Place the second layer of cake, soak it with the sugar syrup. Apply a 1” thick layer of the whipped cream. Cover it with butterscotch chips.
- Place the third layer of cake, soak it with the sugar syrup. Apply a 1” thick layer of the whipped cream. Cover it with butterscotch chips.
- Cover the entire cake with whipped cream and smoothen out the cream.
- Add Butterscotch chips on the top and make stars on the sides with whipped cream. The cake is ready to serve!
