Easy Yellow Cake
Wow! This was my first time making a cake from scratch, and boy and I glad I came across this recipe. Moist and rich I used cane sugar and added honey, and the resulting flavor was so unique and yummy! I paired it with chocolate-coconut frosting. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Yield
8 servingsPrep
15 minCook
30 minReady
45 minTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| ⅓ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| ¾ | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 79 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 177 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Grease and flour a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into mixing bowl.
Add remaining ingredients to flour mixture.
Beat with electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
Turn mixer to high speed and beat for 3 minutes, scraping bowl often.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack and serve as desired.
