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