Basic Yellow Cake

Name: Basic Yellow Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter or margarine, softened; 2 cups sugar; 5 eggs; 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 1/2 cups milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

7 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2

Combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.
3

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans, and cool completely.
4

For a simple chocolate cake, add three (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted, to creamed mixture.