Homemade Classic Yellow Cake Recipe

Need to make a cake but don’t have a boxed mix sitting on your shelf? Just prefer making your cakes from scratch? If you answered YES to either of those questions, I think you’re going to enjoy this recipe.

It’s a recipe to make a basic homemade yellow cake. I call it “basic” because you can add-in additional ingredients to turn it into a fancy dessert cake if that’s what need. You probably have all of the ingredients on hand.

Homemade Classic Yellow Cake Recipe

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
3 medium eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a rectangular baking dish or two round cake pans.

In a large mixing bowl beat together the softened butter with the granulated sugar. Beat in the medium eggs and vanilla extract until mixture is creamy.

In a separate bowl sift together the all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Alternately add the flour mixture and the milk into the first bowl, beating in between each addition until well combined.

Pour cake batter into your prepared baking dish. Place in a preheated 350 degree F oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, depending on the type of pan that you used. The cake is done when the center is firm. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

Once the cake is cool you can frost it with whatever flavor that you prefer. I sometimes frost mine with a homemade chocolate frosting or with a homemade creamy peanut butter frosting. Delicious!

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