Yellow Butter Cake Recipe

Two slices of chocolate-frosted layer cake with cream filling on a white plate.

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.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cake, Homemade butter cake, yellow butter cake, yellow cake recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Cooling Time 2

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 274kcal

Author Kat Jeter & Melinda Machado

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!

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