Butter Cake
Yield
servingsPrep
30 minCook
30 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 3 | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
butter
melted |
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
milk
|
|
| 2 ⅔ | tablespoons |
lemon juice
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 473 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 0.6 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 177 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
butter
melted |
|
| 0.6 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 4E+1 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Grease two 9 inch layer pan; dust with flour.
Cream butter and sugar together in bowl until thoroughly mixed.
Add yolks and beat well.
In separate bowl, stir flour, baking powder and salt together.
Alternately add flour mixture and milk to sugar mixture; beat well after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
Beat whites until stiff; fold into batter.
Pour batter into pans; bake for 30 minutes.
Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack; cool completely before frosting.
To make frosting, combine sugar, butter, salt, milk and juice in bowl; beat with mixer until smooth.
Frost sides and top of cooled cake.
Variation: To make chocolate frosting, melt 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate and add to remaining ingredients.
