A 1-2-3-4 Cake
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Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
1 hrsTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 ¼ | cups |
milk
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| Chocolate frosting | |||
| 3 ¾ | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 3 | ounces |
unsweetened chocolate
melted |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 296 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| Chocolate frosting | |||
| 887 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 177 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 86.7 | ml/g |
unsweetened chocolate
melted |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 45 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
Heat oven.
Grease and flour 3 round pans, 9x1½ inches.
Beat all ingredients except Chocolate Frosting in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
Pour into pans.
Bake 8-inch pans 33 to 36 minutes, 9-inch pans 30 to 33 minutes or until no indentation is left when touched lightly.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
Prepare Creamy Chocolate Frosting.
Fill layers with ⅓ cup frosting; frost side and top with remaining frosting.
