3 Ways to Soften Butter Quickly and Easily — Tips from The Kitchn

This weekend, I was halfway through assembling ingredients for a yellow cake when I realized that I'd forgotten to set out butter to soften. Again. I keep the sticks of butter I use for baking in the freezer, so setting them out to soften them ahead of time takes a little more foresight than I usually seem to have, unfortunately. Thankfully I have a few tricks up my sleeve to quickly soften butter whenever I forget to plan ahead.

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