Scottley's Basic Yellow Cake

Name: Scottley's Basic Yellow Cake
Total time: 60
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 ⅔ cups white sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups sifted cake flour; 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 ⅓ cups milk

Recipe by Scottley from allrecipes.com

Dessert 60 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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1 cup butter, softened
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1 ⅔ cups white sugar
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2 large eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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3 cups sifted cake flour
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2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 ⅓ cups milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 40to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.