Birthday Cake

Name: Birthday Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter; 2 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar; 7 egg yolks; 4 1/2 cups cake flour; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 3/4 cups milk; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

8 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter
2 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
7 egg yolks
4 1/2 cups cake flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 3/4 cups milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round pans.
2

Sift flour before measuring; resift with salt and baking powder at least twice more.
3

Beat egg yolks until very thick and pale - approximately 5 minutes with a mixer on high speed.
4

In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine and sugar. Blend in eggs. Fold sifted mixture, alternately with milk, into creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pans.
5

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until cake springs back when touched. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out, and cool on wire rack. Frost with Decorator Frosting.