Yellow Butter Cake Recipe
This easy Yellow Butter Cake recipe is a homemade yellow cake made with butter instead of oil. It is a rich, moist, cake that goes well with any frosting.
Servings 14
Calories 274kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour sifted (you can substitute cake flour)
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¾ cup Butter softened
- 1 ½ cups Sugar
- 3 Eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Butter Extract if you don’t have butter extract you can use vanilla extract
- ¾ cup Milk room temperature
- ½ cup Sour Cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl combine sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In the bowl of your mixer add butter and sugar. Cream together on medium high speed using the paddle attachment until it becomes light and fluffy.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add eggs one at a time mixing in each one well before adding the next.
- Beat in the vanilla and butter extract.
- While continuing to mix add ⅓ of the flour, then ⅓ of the milk, and ⅓ of the sour cream, mixing in each component before adding the next. Continue this process until all of the flour, milk, and sour cream has been added.
- Pour the batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
- Place in the oven and bake at 350 degrees F. for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the cake pans and letting them cool complete on a wire rack.
- Frost with your favorite frosting and enjoy!
Notes
Note: We are not nutritionists. These nutritional values are calculated using online databases and should be used as a guide only.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 121mg | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 425IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1.1mg