When I chose to make recipes for the Kid’s Delight – Anniversary party, I had some recipes in mind. But when I got a mail from a reader asking for a certain recipe for which I posted video in YouTube, I found that there were some cake recipes for which I haven’t even updated in the blog. So I will post three amazing cakes this week which I missed posting earlier. The first cake is this eggless butterscotch cake.
Usually people add butterscotch essence in vanilla cake batters to make butterscotch cakes. But I did some reading on original butterscotch cakes and developed my version of eggless cake. The cake is so soft and moist and perfect for any celebration. Combined with a sinful butterscotch frosting and a thick butterscotch sauce, this cake screams butterscotch. I also added some butterscotch chips to amp the flavour.
The flavour of the cake comes from butter and brown sugar. Please don’t ask whether you can use normal sugar. If you want the flavour, use only brown sugar. It is amazing. My photos don’t do much justice to the cake. Whenever I make a video, I become so tired at the end of the day and it totally reflects on the photos too. But if you love butterscotch, then do try this.
Ingredients:
For The Sauce:
Butter – 50 gm
Brown sugar – 100 gm
Amul cream – 150 ml
Vanilla – 1 TSP
Salt a pinch
Lemon juice – 1 TSP
For The Cake:
Butter – 70 gm
Vanilla – 1tsp
Brown sugar – 100gm
Butterscotch sauce – 2tbs
Curd – 50ml
Maida – 180gm
Baking powder – 1tsp
Baking soda – 1/2tsp
Milk – 150ml
For The Butterscotch frosting:
Butter – 70 gm
Butterscotch sauce – 1/3 cup
Icing sugar – 200 gm
Procedure:
For The Sauce:
In a sauce pan melt butter.
Add brown sugar and cream.
Mix well and allow it to boil.
Add lemon juice and mix until combined.
Remove from flame and add vanilla and salt.
Mix well and allow it to cool.
For The Cake:
Preheat oven to 180°C.
In a bowl mix together maida, baking powder and baking soda and set aside.
In another bowl cream butter.
Add in vanilla essence and brown sugar and beat until light and creamy.
Add butterscotch sauce and beat well.
Add yogurt and beat.
Finally add the flour mix and milk until all the ingredients are combined to form a thick batter.
Line, grease and dust two 6″ round pans and transfer the batter to them.
Bake in the oven for 30 – 35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
Allow it to cool a little, flip it on to the wire rack, remove the tin and klining paper and cool them completely.
For The Frosting:
Beat butter and vanilla until fluffy.
Add in the sauce and beat until they are combined well.
Add icing sugar in three portions, mixing every time with a spoon and then with a beater until well incorporated.
Once the whole frosting is creamier, set it aside until assembling.

Eggless Butterscotch Cake with Butterscotch Buttercream and Sauce - Video Recipe
Ingredients
- For The Sauce:
- Butter - 50 gm
- Brown sugar - 100 gm
- Amul cream - 150 ml
- Vanilla- 1 tsp
- Salt-a pinch
- Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
- For The Cake:
- Butter - 70 gm
- Vanilla - 1tsp
- Brown sugar - 100gm
- Butterscotch sauce - 2tbs
- Curd - 50ml
- Maida - 180gm
- Baking powder - 1tsp
- Baking soda - 1/2tsp
- Milk - 150ml
- For The Butterscotch frosting:
- Butter - 70 gm
- Butterscotch sauce - 1/3 cup
- Icing sugar - 200 gm
Instructions
- For The Sauce:
- In a sauce pan melt butter.
- Add brown sugar and cream.
- Mix well and allow it to boil.
- Add lemon juice and mix until combined.
- Remove from flame and add vanilla and salt.
- Mix well and allow it to cool.
- For The Cake:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- In a bowl mix together maida, baking powder and baking soda and set aside.
- In another bowl cream butter.
- Add in vanilla essence and brown sugar and beat until light and creamy.
- Add butterscotch sauce and beat well.
- Add yogurt and beat.
- Finally add the flour mix and milk until all the ingredients are combined to form a thick batter.
- Line, grease and dust two 6" round pans and transfer the batter to them.
- Bake in the oven for 30 - 35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow it to cool a little, flip it on to the wire rack, remove the tin and klining paper and cool them completely.
- For The Frosting:
- Beat butter and vanilla until fluffy.
- Add in the sauce and beat until they are combined well.
- Add icing sugar in three portions, mixing every time with a spoon and then with a beater until well incorporated.
- Once the whole frosting is creamier, set it aside until assembling.
OMG! Gayatri the cake is beautiful , amazing n yummy.
Brown sugar and butterscotch sauce are just amazing, that makes the cake super moist.
Stunning cake, how deligthful and droolworthy this cake looks, and that sauce rocks Gayathri. Prefect cake for a celebration. Cant ask more.. Wish i live near you to enjoy all your cakes..
What a beautiful and flavorful cake you have here! Would love to have a slice.
The cakes you post look so cool. This one looks amazing. If not counting calories and my daughter’s dislike for sweets, probably I would try all your cakes.
Loved the fact that you tried brown sugar. surely this cake will be so tasteful. I am also planning to make few cakes before christmas.
Cake looks so beautiful Gayatri. Book marked.
That’s an amazing cake Gayathri, the butterscotch flavour is really fantastic. I have previous made an eggless cake with butterscotch custard powder and it was so good…Nice frosting..thanks for sending it to party!
Gayathri, you are tempting to give this butterscotch cake a try real soon. It looks so moist and the butterscotch flavor is calling my name 🙂 I think my kids will LOVE this cake.
That cake looks so fabulous Gayathri!! I love butterscotch sauce and that on a cake should be simply divine. Awesome!!
Amazing cake Gayathri…Something different. Butterscotch sauce must have made cake scream of butterscotch flavor. Must try it
The cake looks beautiful!!! Can salt be added to the butterscotch frosting? If yes , would it be a good combination?
Thank you. You can add salt. It would enhance the taste. But be careful. Too much salt would spoil it.
Butterscotch is one of my favorite flavors in the cake and I miss it so much here in US. Bookmarking this recipe to try soon Gayathri!
Cake looks amazing gayathri! That sauce on top is totally killing, wish i could taste it straight from the photos!!! Totally droolicious!
This cake looks so tasty and sinful.. love it.
Amul cream is the fresh cream
Yes
Hi Gayatri your recipes are amazing . Tried this cake and it came out super moist and yummy. But I found the butterscotch flavour was a lil less. Can I add more sauce to enhance the flavour. My sauce was perfect but the cake flavour was not prominently butterscotch… pls advice
Hi Amrutha, thanks for trying and I am so glad you liked it. Add more sauce for the topping and filling to enhance the flavour. But keep the cake recipe the same because, any other addition of ingredients would give you a different texture. But you can always experiment with the proportions.
I love butterscotch!!! Am so trying this cake….thanks a lot mam for this wonderful recipe 🙂
Your recipes are amazing,tried many of your recipes and it came out really well..For this butterscotch cake shall I use butterscotch essence instead of vanilla essence??if so what is the quantity?
Thank you for trying out recipes. You can use butterscotch essence. Use 1/4 tsp.
Thanks for your prompt reply..we need to use butterscotch essence along with vanilla essence or butterscotch essence alone works
Just butterscotch essence would be fine.
Hi ma’am. Would whipped cream frosting taste equally good? I’m not a big fan of buttercream.
Use oil in the cake recipe if pairing with whipped cream.
Hi mam what cake tin size is suitable for given measurements? I want to make 2 8 inch cakes
You can bake one 8″ cake with this batter.
Hello, I tried this recipe and the butterscotch sauce is amazing! But while creaming the butter and sugar the granules would just not melt. I have been trying since a long time to melt the brown sugar but haven’t been successful. Any tips?
Try grinding it in mixer jar and then cream it with butter. It will be easier.
The cake looks perfect and fabulous to bake for a special day. Yes, its definitely the best butterscotch cake. Lovely!!
Thank you so much.
Hi Ma’am, can I add corn flour to make cake more fluffy. What other changes I need to make in that case?
Yes, you can. Substitute 2 tbs of flour with corn flour. No other changes required.
Thanks a lot Mam.
Hi
I am planning to make this cake on my daughter’s birthday for more than 12 adults.
Should I double this recipe for 9 inch pan
I have a question .How much cake should I make by using this butterscotch cake in 9 inch square pan and the amount of whipping cream for the cake .
My daughter is asking for a 2 tier cake .
This is the first time I am thinking on making a 2 tier cake.
So can I make this recipe for a 2 tier cake after doubling for a single tier ?
Please suggest me
The recipe gives two layers of 6″. So if you double it, you can get two 9″ layers. But if using square pan, then it would be good to use 8″ pan. This is a butter cake, so not advisable to pair with whipped cream. It will go hard in fridge. Use an oil based cake if you want to frost with whipped cream.
Thank you for replying
For making 9x9x2 inch square pan using your oil based cake should I double the quantity as it shows 175g of flour for 7inch cake pan?
Can I make your oil based vanilla cake into butterscotch flavor cake by replacing vanilla essence with butterscotch sauce which you mentioned in this recipe or is there any other way for making butterscotch cake with whipped cream ?
Please suggest me
Once again Thank you for helping .
You can double the recipe for a deep 9″ square tin. And yes, try using my oil based cake with butterscotch flavour instead of vanilla. IF you add the sauce, then it won’t be good to pair with whipped cream.
Thanks for replying
I have two 9inches round pan and one 6 inch round pan.
If I am using this recipe and frosted with buttercream for my 9 inch round pan then I can use my 2 round pans by doubling the recipe right?
In a 2 tier cake, if I am making bottom tier white forest cake with my 6 inch round tin for that I should double the oil based recipe right ?
For the top tier can I make this butterscotch cake with buttercream frosting using my 6 inch round pan by making it in 2 batches ?
After frosting with butterscotch cream can I place it on white forest cake at the end ?
The cake looks awesome and spectacular to prepare for an uncommon day. Indeed, its very the best butterscotch cake. Beautiful!!
gayathri kumar, Tried this and got a fantabalastic cake. I have a 200 ml cup ..how much is 180 gm of apf in ml?
i tried with 1.5 cup. But would like to know the conversion from gms to ml
Can it be baked in a cooker??
Yes, use the same settings that use for any cake baked in cooker.
Hi Gayathri,
Looks like a fab recipe and I wanna make it. I’ve one question. I wish to use whipped cream frosting. You mentioned replacing butter with oil. Will the quantity remain same? 70ml?? Please advise.
Thank you..
Thank you. Yes, if using oil instead, use the same quantity as given in the recipe.
Hi Gayathri!
The cake looks so yum! I want to use this recipe to make a layered rectangle cake and then carve it into a book cake. Will this work using the about recipe?
Thanks
Hi, yes, you can definitely use this for a carved cake. Make sure to chill the cake until firm before carving.
Hi,
I want to make a single layer butterscotch cake. with caramel sauce on top. So was wondering if I could add some butterscotch chips (about 75 gms ) in the batter for a crunchy feeling Will it work? Hoping for a reply as I don’t want to make it and realize it will be a mes. Thanks a lot
Hi, adding butterscotch chips in the batter won’t add crunch. The chips would sink to the bottom of your cake tin, melt and be gooey when you remove the cake from the tin. Better add it as a topping.