Basic Yellow Cake
| The following recipe from Carroll Pellegrinelli, makes a moist yellow cake from scratch. Prep: 25 minutes Cook: 25 minutes Servings: 8 |
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- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup milk
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour 2, 9 inch cake pans.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt with a wire whisk.
- Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla and mix until completely combined.
- Slowly add flour alternately with milk.
- At end of addition batter should be smooth.
- Divide between 2 pans.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto a rack and cool completely before frosting.
- For a 9 x 13 pan - Baked at 350 degrees F. for 30 to 38 minutes.
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