How to soften butter fast

Name: Mary Berry's butter tip
Uploaded: 2025-01-20T17:29:09+00:00
Duration: 53 s
Description: Mary shares her top tip to get cold butter the perfect temperature.

19 October 2012

About this technique

Skill level

Easy

Mary shares her top tip to get cold butter the perfect temperature, ready to cream with sugar to make a cake. Cut the butter, straight from the fridge, into large cubes. Place the butter cubes into a bowl of lukewarm water (about the temperature of a baby's bath) and leave it for ten minutes. Drain the water off the butter and it's ready to cream.

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