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Old Fashioned Butter Cake Recipe
OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE RECIPE
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5 from 1 vote
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Old Fashioned Butter Cake Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 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 EXTRACT2 EGGS
Instructions
- PREHEAT OVEN TO 350*F. GREASE AND FLOUR TWO 8 INCH X 2 INCH BAKING PANS AND SET ASIDE.
- IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL SIFT TOGETHER THE FLOUR, SUGAR, BAKING POWDER AND SALT.
- ADD BUTTER, MILK, AND VANILLA. WITH A HAND MIXER, BEAT FOR 2 MINUTES, OCCASIONALLY SCRAPING DOWN THE SIDES OF THE BOWL.
- ADD EGGS AND BEAT FOR 2 MINUTES MORE.
- POUR BATTER INTO PREPARED PANS, DIVIDING EQUALLY BETWEEN THE PANS. BAKE 30 TO 35 MINUTES, OR UNTIL A TOOTHPICK INSERTED INTO THE CENTER COMES OUT CLEAN. REMOVE FROM OVEN.
- COOL IN THE PANS FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN TURN CAKES OUT ONTO A COOLING RACK TO COOL COMPLETELY.
- FROST WITH YOUR FAVORITE FROSTING. I USED MY FAVORITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING, THE ONE ON THE BACK OF THE HERSEY’S COCOA CAN.
- “PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING
- 1 STICK (1/2 CUP) BUTTER OR MARGARINE
- 2/3 CUP HERSHEY’S COCOA
- 3 CUPS POWDERED SUGAR (CONFECTIONERS’ SUGAR)
- 1/3 CUP MILK (PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FEW DROPS TO MAKE A NICE CONSISTENCY)
- 1 TEASPOON VANILLA
- MELT BUTTER. STIR IN COCOA. ALTERNATELY ADD POWDERED SUGAR AND MILK, BEATING ON MEDIUM SPEED TO SPREADING CONSISTENCY. ADD MORE MILK IF NEEDED. STIR IN VANILLA. ABOUT 2 CUPS FROSTING.
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