Old-Fashioned Butter Cake

By ukiahgal67

Old-Fashioned Butter Cake is moist and rich treat that you can eat at any occasion or any time of the day. Serve it with a cup of coffee or hot tea to start your day on a sweet note or serve it after dinner for a light but rich treat that all of your guests will enjoy. Perfect for gifting, this recipe looks beautiful when packaged up nicely and given to loved ones.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• sifted powdered sugar to garnish

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 115mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Butter and flour baking dish. You can use one 9x13-inch pan or 2 loaf pans.

Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, add eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition.

Combine flour with baking soda and salt. Add to batter alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour.

Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours or until a pick inserted comes out clean.

Allow cake to stand 5 minutes and remove from pan and finish cooling on a rack.