Basic Yellow Cake

Name: Basic Yellow Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. butter; 1 c. milk; 2 c. sugar; 2 tsp. baking powder; 3 c. plain flour; 4 large eggs, separated; 1 tsp. vanilla; pinch of salt

8 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 c. milk
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
3 c. plain flour
4 large eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt

Directions

1

Cream butter until it is light and fluffy.
2

Add sugar, a little at a time, mixing after each addition.
3

Sift flour with salt and baking powder three times.
4

Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
5

Add flour alternately with milk, adding a bit of flour last.
6

Beat egg whites and add to batter, using a folding method.
7

Add vanilla.
8

Bake in a well-greased tube pan, three 9-inch pans, sheet cake pan or make muffins.
9

Bake at 350° until cake springs back when pressed with fore finger. Frost with your favorite frosting or enjoy plain.