Homemade Yellow Cake and Variations

SweetsLady's Note:

I was in search of a great yellow cake made from scratch that would taste good if not better than the box. I use this one all the time for my catering business. It makes a thick cake. 6/3/08 Made some changes to make it better.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 15-20

Yield: 1.0 cake

• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons butter flavor shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs

Directions:

1. Cream together butter, shortening, sugar, and pudding.
2. Add eggs in one at a time.
3. Add in sour cream and vanilla. Mix well.
4. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk starting and finishing with flour mixture.
6. Pour into well greased and floured 13x9 pan.
7. Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.
8. Variation for White Cake: Use 4 egg whites instead of the 3 whole eggs.
9. Variation for Spice Cake: Add 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/4+1/8 teaspoon ground allspice, 1/4+1/8 teaspoon ground cloves to the flour mixture.
10. Variation for Chocolate Cake: Use chocolate pudding mix and 1/3 cup cocoa. (I then up the milk a little.).

Reviews

[Buttons1mbc]

I had to make a wedding cake. I usually use pound but my niece wanted a vanilla layer cake. I have a recipe but it is very light in texture. This recipe was delicious, moist and dense. It was firmer than a traditional layer cake but not as heavy as a pound. It was exactly what I needed. This recipe will replace my orginal recipe. It really was good.

[Ahrrie]

I absolutely love this recipe. I was asked to make a cake for my roommate's mom's thanksgiving dinner and so I've been looking for a good scratch recipe that would be moist and light and pair well with the ricotta cheese icing. This one works wonderfully. In fact, its actually replaced any other cake recipe I used before! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

[**Tinkerbell**]

I needed a yellow cake recipe to use as an ingredient for Pineapple-Garlic Upside Down Cake. I cut this recipe in half, but made just as directed (ingredients & mixing instructions) for the yellow cake. This cake recipe is fabulous! The flavor is far better than any box mix would be & the texture is dense, moist and rises perfectly. Thanks for sharing, SweetsLady! :)