Scottley's Basic Yellow Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 ⅔ cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups sifted cake flour
2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ⅓ cups milk

Nutrition Info

395 calories
carbohydrate: 56.1 g
cholesterol: 73.8 mg
fat: 17 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 4.9 g
saturatedFat: 10.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 296.8 mg
sugar: 29.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans.

  3. Bake in preheated oven for 40to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Recipe Yield

2 - 9 inch round cake pans

Recipe Note

Very simple, but delicious cake. Can be used with most any kind of frosting.

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