Yellow Cake

I didn't have time to go to the store for a box of yellow cake and chocolate frosting as JS requested. I called Mare and she of course had the perfect recipe on hand. It looked just like a store bought cake when finished. JS was almost tricked, but in the end he figured me out! There probably weren't enough preservatives or high fructose corn syrup in my version! I loved the cake and it reminded me of a cake that my grandmother made. My grandmother's cake was always served in a bowl with milk on top. I poured milk on top of my cake and it was delicious! No wonder I love moist cake. I grew up eating it soaked in milk!

YELLOW BIRTHDAY CAKE

3/4 cup butter, at room temperature

2 cups sugar

4 large eggs, separated

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour pan ( or use one of those baking sprays that has flour in it)

2.  Cream butter for 1-2 minutes; add the sugar and cream for another 2 minutes. Add the egg yolks and beat for another minute or until mixture appears light and fluffy.  Beat in vanilla extract

3.  In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda  and salt.  Add a third of the flour mixture to butter-sugar mixturea nd mix well.  Then mixing,(but not overbeating) affter each addition, add half the buttermilk, followed by another third of flour, remaining buttermilk, and finally the last of the flour.

4. Beat the egg whites until stiff.  Gently fold into batter with a rubber spatula.  Pour into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean.

 

2- 8 or 9 inch pans   45 minutes

13 by 9 by 2 inch     45 minutes

24 cupcake tins       20 minutes

 

 

Buttercream Frosting

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

3 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 to 4 T milk

* To make chocolate buttercream frosting replace 1 cup of powdered sugar with 1 cup of cocoa.

 

With an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, and vanilla at low speed.  Add milk bit by bit until mixture reaches a spreadable consistency.