Homemade Yellow Cake and Variations

Homemade Yellow Cake and Variations

wtorek, 18 lutego 2014

Homemade Yellow Cake and Variations

Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons butter flavor shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs

Directions

• 1 Cream together butter, shortening, sugar, and pudding.
• 2 Add eggs in one at a time.
• 3 Add in sour cream and vanilla. Mix well.
• 4 Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 5 Add flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk starting and finishing with flour mixture.
• 6 Pour into well greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• 7 Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.
• 8 Variation for White Cake: Use 4 egg whites instead of the 3 whole eggs.
• 9 Variation for Spice Cake: Add 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/4 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice, 1/4 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves to the flour mixture.
• 10 Variation for Chocolate Cake: Use chocolate pudding mix and 1/3 cup cocoa. (I then up the milk a little.).