I seldom buy cakes as my family prefers to eat the cakes baked at home.  We do buy some, of course – more so the celebratory kind of cakes for birthdays or any special occasions.  The other day while at our regular bakery, I bought a piece of Butter Marble Cake, simply because I just wanted a slice.  It turned out to be quite disappointing as there was hardly any butter aroma and it was just too soft and fluffy to qualify for a buttercake.  To me, buttercakes should be dense, … [Read more...]