Homemade Yellow Butter Cake
Say goodbye to cake mixes! Easy Homemade Yellow Butter Cake made at home creates a flavorful and tender cake.
Servings: 8 -12
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Large Eggs
- 2/3 cup Whole Milk or Buttermilk
- 2 Tablespoons Oil
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar + 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Butter softened, cut into cubes
- *This recipe can make a two layer cake or a three layer cake the layers will be thinner. If you would like to make an extra large triple layer cake, 1 1/2 times the recipe and use three 8 or 9 inch cake pans.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.
- In a standing mixer, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Beat the butter into the flour mixture, one cube at at time. Continue to beat until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the 1/2 of the egg milk mixture and beat the batter is light and fluffy. Add remaining egg milk mixture and mix just until combined.
- Take a spatula and scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Spread into greased pan(s) and smooth tops with spatula.
- Baking time will vary depending on pan. If using three - 8 inch cake pans, bake for 16-22 minutes.If using a bundt pan, bake for 35-40 minutes. If the cake layers are thin, they will cook for less time than the thicker layers.
- Let cakes cool. Run knife around edge of cake pan and flip over.