涩嫩南瓜牛油蛋糕 Pumpkin Butter Cake (Mrs NgSK's Butter Cake)

天气变暖和了；
我的头也跟着气候的上升而感觉热乎乎的。
我这个人有个怪病，
天气再冷我也能够抵挡，
就是不能忍受那火球般热烘烘的太阳。
尤其在没有白云空荡荡的蓝天下，
太阳一冒出来，我的眼睛第一时间就抗议了。
接下来就是我非得吃败仗。
不敢出门，天天躲在家里是上上策。
看见大家都在为那大南瓜忙进忙出，
我反正也闲在家里，
就凑凑热闹吧！
千变万化的南瓜贴子，看得我眼花缭乱。
最后决定做个简单的牛油蛋糕。
话说这牛油蛋糕嘛，那天在马六甲和妹妹一起试做了，
果然名不虚传，很好吃。
今天就加入南瓜，没想到我老公特别喜欢。
总算有收获。

食谱取自：Table For 2..or more ~ Mrs NgSK's Butter Cake

Ingredients:

• 230g Salted Butter, Softened (Cool at 18-20C, not glossy)
• 200g Eggs, No shell (4 Medium Eggs)
• 50g + 150g Sugar
• 200g Self Raising Flour, Sifted
• 60ml Milk
• 1 Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
• 150g pumpkin (part of it thinly slice, part of it cut in small cube)

Method:

1. Heat up a small pot with 2-3 tbsp sugar and some water. Add in cube of pumpkin. Boil for few mins and cool on kitchen towel. 
2. Continue with the process by adding in slices of pumpkin. Set aside for garnishing.
3. Preheat oven at 160C. Prepare a 8 inch square pan. Line the base and grease the sides (greasing helps the cake’s sides to rise well)
4. Separate the eggs, and place the whites into a medium sized bowl.
5. Beat egg whites until soft peaks, gradually add 50gm sugar and beat until stiff. Set aside.
6. Cream butter and 150gm sugar until pale and fluffy. Add in vanilla paste and and beat for a while. 
7. Mix in egg yolks one by one and beat well after each addition.
8. Pour in half the flour and mix on low speed until incorporated.
9. Add in milk in 2 additions and mix until well incorporated and then mix in balance of flour.
10. Mix half the egg whites in and mix on low speed.
11. Pour the balance of egg whites in and FOLD. 
12. Pour batter into pan and level.
13. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
14. Make few slits on top of cake and arrange the pumpkin slices on. Brush surface of cake with remaining sugary pumpkin water.

This post is linked to the event Little Thumbs Up (Oct 2014 Event: PUMPKIN) organised by Zoe (Bake for Happy Kids) and Mui Mui (My Little Favourite DIY) and hosted by Eileen (Eileen's Diary)