Old- Fashioned Yellow Cake

Mark's favorite cake is yellow cake so I made this for his birthday. I have never made a cake without using a box and I have to say that I have been wasting a lot of money. This seemed just as easy as a box and tasted SO much better!!!! We loved it! Mark even wanted me to hold off on the frosting because he loved it so much. If you want a really light and fluffy cake this may not be the right recipe for you as it was a little denser than boxed cake. For simpleness and all around taste though, this gets an A +. If you need another good treat idea...here's a good one. I had extra home made chocolate frosting after I made the cake so I split the peanut bar recipe in half that we all have and substituted the peanut butter for almond butter. Oh man! I could not stop eating it! So good!

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Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake

(adapted from McCall’s Book of Cakes and Pies)

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1 + 1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.

2. In a large mixing bowl sift flour and sugar, baking powder and salt.

3. Add butter, milk and vanilla. Beat with a hand mixer on medium speed for 3-4 minutes, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.

4. Add eggs, beat for 3 more minutes.

5. Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally among both. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

6. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Turn out and cool thoroughly on wire racks. Frost with cream cheese or whip cream frosting. If using whip cream frosting the cake must be refrigerated.