Editing Cake (section)

===Butter cake===
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[[File:182365 Gooey Butter Cake.jpg|thumb|[[Gooey butter cake]]]]
[[Butter cake]]s are made from creamed butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. They rely on the combination of butter and sugar beaten for an extended time to incorporate air into the batter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Mary Jane |title=Creaming butter and sugar |url=http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2015/04/27/creaming-butter-sugar/ |website=King Arthur Flour |access-date=6 December 2015 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614084744/https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2015/04/27/creaming-butter-sugar |url-status=live }}</ref> A classic [[pound cake]] is made with a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. Another type of butter cake that takes its name from the proportion of ingredients used is [[1-2-3-4 cake]]: {{cups|1|US}} butter, {{cups|2|US}} sugar, {{cups|3|US}} flour, and 4 eggs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Classic 1-2-3-4 Cake and Variations |website=The Spruce Eats |url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-1234-cake-and-variations-3062322 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926082728/https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-1234-cake-and-variations-3062322 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Beth Tartan, this cake was one of the most common among the [[American pioneer]]s who settled North Carolina.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tartan |first=Beth |title=North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery |year=1992 |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |isbn=9780807843758 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhd6x_rrkPwC&dq=1-2-3-4+cake&pg=PA257 |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216162512/https://books.google.com/books?id=jhd6x_rrkPwC&dq=1-2-3-4+cake&pg=PA257#v=onepage&q=1-2-3-4%20cake&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Baking powder]] is in many butter cakes, such as [[Sponge cake#Victoria sponge|Victoria sponge]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cloake |first1=Felicity |title=How to make the perfect Victoria sponge cake |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/may/16/how-bake-perfect-victoria-sponge-cake |access-date=6 December 2015 |work=Guardian |date=16 May 2013 |quote="[Victoria sponge] is a misnomer, because a true sponge, of the kind used in Swiss rolls, is made from a whisked mixture of eggs, sugar and flour." |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904072029/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/may/16/how-bake-perfect-victoria-sponge-cake |url-status=live }}</ref>