Butter Cake
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
2 8 inch round cakes
- Serves:
- 14
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, room temperature
- 2 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3⁄4 teaspoon almond flavoring (optional)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Spray pans with vegetable pan spray or grease pans.
- In mixer bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Mix in vanilla and almond (or other) flavorings. Mix in flour with baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture alternately with milk, starting with the flour.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake until toothpick comes out clean. Cool ten minutes in pan. Loosen sides and remove.
- Cool completely before decorating.
- Makes 7 1/2 cups batter which will give you either two 8" round cakes or one 6" and one 9" round cake.
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