Old Fashioned Butter Cake





At first I was skeptical that a cake recipe made with all-purpose flour could be be both fluffy and moist; in the past, I've only achieved that kind of result when using cake flour.  Also, I pretty consistently only have King Arthur Flour in the pantry, which tends to make a denser (but still delicious!) cake.  Imagine my surprise when my first bite revealed a cake that surpassed all expectations.  I don't know if it's the one tablespoon of baking powder or the four minutes total of beating, but whatever, the secret, this recipe works! This will be a recipe that I will turn to again and again.

Old Fashioned Butter Cake
Old Fashioned Butter Cake
Old Fashioned Butter Cake
Old Fashioned Butter Cake

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 extract
  • 2 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

3 Responses to "Old Fashioned Butter Cake"

  1. This looks so soft and fluffy, got to try this soon! Is your Hershey Cocoa referring to the powdered form or chocolate chips, please?

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  2. This is it! I found it! I too had been searching for the perect butter cake recipe....just like grandma's and mom's that went to the grave with them. This was so incredibly good. It is forever going to be my recipe. It was not exactly like theirs but I think that is because they used homemade butter. I occasionally make butter also, so I'm going to try that. But It truely is a wonderful and delicious cake. It must be their recipe!

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