Baking & Sweets
Butter cake from the tray
A simple yeast cake from a tray with butter and sugar. Classic, uncomplicated and very popular with coffee.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 20 minutes
- Walking time: approx. 45–60 minutes
- Baking time: approx. 20-25 minutes at 180 °C top/bottom heat
Estimated nutrition
per piece · Calculated for 20 pieces.
- Energy
- ≈ 190 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 3.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 26.2 g
- Fat
- ≈ 7.7 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 cube of yeast · ≈ 42.0 g
- 1 egg · ≈ 50.0 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 500g flour
- 1 cube of yeast
- 250 ml milk
- 70g sugar
- 70g butter
- 1 egg
- 100 g butter for the topping
- 80 g sugar for the topping
- optionally flaked almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 °C top/bottom heat. Grease a tray (30 × 40 cm) or prepare it with baking paper.
- Knead a smooth yeast dough from flour, yeast, milk, 70 g sugar, 70 g butter and egg.
- Let it rise, covered, for about 45-60 minutes until the volume has increased significantly.
- Press onto a tray.
- Make small depressions with your fingers.
- Spread butter on top in small pieces.
- Sprinkle sugar and optionally flaked almonds on top.
- Bake in the oven until golden brown.
- Let cool and serve.
