How To Make a Homemade Yellow Cake

One reason why yellow cake is popular is because it goes well with a variety of frostings, from chocolate and butter cream to vanilla and orange. Fruit lovers can also make layer cakes with blueberries or strawberries sandwiched between the layers and top them off with a whipped-cream icing.

Things You'll Need

• Oven Long, rectangular baking pan Paper towel Medium-sized mixing bowl Large-sized mixing bowl Fork Wooden spoon Hand-held electric beater Measuring cup 2 eggs 1 cup low-fat or whole milk 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 stick softened butter or margarine 1 extra tbsp. butter or margarine 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 cups sugar

Instructions

1. Turn on the oven and set it to 375 degrees F.

2. Drop the tablespoon of butter in the paper towel.

3. Rub the butter all over the baking dish with the paper towel so the sides and the bottom are thoroughly greased.

4. Put the sugar, salt, baking powder and flour into the medium-sized mixing bowl.

5. Combine the ingredients with the wooden spoon.

6. Put the eggs, milk, vanilla and stick of margarine in the large mixing bowl.

7. Mash the butter up with the wooden spoon to make it easier to blend into the other ingredients.

8. Blend the butter mixture with the hand-held blender on medium speed until creamy.

9. Add 1/2 cup of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and blend thoroughly.

10. Scrape the sides of the larger mixing bowl with the wooden spoon so that all the ingredients are blended together.

11. Keep adding the flour mixture at half-cup intervals and blending it, as well as scraping the sides of the bowl, until all the ingredients are combined in the large mixing bowl.

12. Turn the blender on high speed and mix the batter for 2 minutes. This aerates the batter and makes it fluffy after baking.

13. Pour the batter into the baking dish. Scrape the sides with the wooden spoon to clean the excess from the bowl.

14. Bake for 35 minutes. However, check the cake after 25 minutes by poking the fork into a couple places in the center of the cake in case your oven cooks very hot. When the tines are clean after being removed from the cake, it's done baking.

15. Let the cake cool for 2 hours before icing it.

References

• Cake-Decorating-Corner.com: Yellow Cake Recipe