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Yellow Cake

Carrie Barr
12-16 servings
Beginner

Top with frosting of your choice; chocolate buttercream works especially well with this recipe.

Total Steps

3

Ingredients

10

Tools Needed

4

Ingredients

  • 3.5 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 cups cake flour(optional)
  • 2.5 cup sugar
  • 1.75 cup shortening
  • 1.75 cup milk
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1.5 teaspoon salt
  • 1.5 teaspoon vanilla
  • 5 eggs eggs
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14-ounce)

Instructions

1

Step 1

<a href="/XZFHRHHF">Heat </a>oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 round cake pans (9 x 1 1/2 inches)

2

Step 2

<a href="/7S3QCKWK">Mix </a>flour, sugar, shortening, milk, <a href="/HF7TLMS7">baking powder,</a> <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt,</a> vanilla and eggs in a large bowl with electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. <a href="/3CYMY2D7">Beat </a>on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pans.

3

Step 3

<a href="/RNT367Z2">Bake </a>30-35 minutes, or until golden <a href="/D434P8MH">brown </a>and a toothpick inserted in center comes out <a href="/WZLWW3YP">clean. </a><a href="/GZFHJC5K">Cool </a>10 minutes, then remove from pans. Poke a number of holes halfway through each layer, using the handle of a wooden <a href="/NX588QBK">spoon. </a>Pour milk into holes; <a href="/GZFHJC5K">cool </a>completely.

Tools & Equipment

Wooden spoon
Oven
Mixer
Toothpicks

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