Unlike pastries or pie crust that require a flaky crust , most cookie and cake recipes require butter which is on room temperature, But if you’ve almost finished your work and realised that the butter is still in the fridge here’s a way by which you can quickly bring it to room temperature, Simply place the portion of butter you need on a small plate then take a glass and fill it with hot water, now let it stay like that for a while and then dry the glass quickly and invert it over butter. Let it stand for another minute before removing the glass. You now have perfectly softened, room-temperature butter in two minutes.