Old Fashion Butter Cream Cake

Miss these old fashion butter cream cake that I ate when I am young.  Think the most popular one is with the red, green and yellow gel.  Even my girl choose that piece as her first choice.  Here I can only share the butter cream recipe as the sponge cake recipe is from a private blogger thus unable to share the cake recipe.

Recipe adapted from my old post with minor adjustment: smb-swiss-meringue-buttercream.html?m=0

Ingredients:

135g butter

85g sugar

2 egg whites

1/8 tsp vanilla essence, (optional)

1/8 tsp or few drop of lemon juice

Piping gel(mix with food colouring of your choice)

Method:

1. Place sugar and egg whites in a stainless steel bowl then place bowl over a pot of simmering water. Whisk until the sugar has dissolved and egg whites are hot to touch, about 3 mins or you can measure the temperature using the thermometer for food.  Temperature must reach 160F.

2. Transfer the mixture to your mixing bowl and whisk it on mixer with high speed until mixture has cooled completely and formed stiff and glossy peaks.

3. Add in butter, one piece at a time and beat until incorporated after each addition. Do not worry if the buttercream look curdled. It will become smooth again with continuous whisking.  Add in vanilla essence and lemon juice and whisk until combined.

4. The SMB is ready for frosting cake.