Basic Yellow Cake

By bklynmommy

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• couple drops of yellow food coloring (optional, but what’s a birthday without some yellow #5)
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
• prep 5 min, adapted from Recipezaar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp corn syrup
• 2 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 13×9 pan or place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
Combine and cream butter and sugar.
Mix in milk, vanilla, and eggs. Beat for 2 min.
Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt, in a bowl. Add dry ingredients and food coloring, if desired, to wet ingredients and stir just to combine.
Pour batter into cake pan, makes about 16-18 cupcakes depending on size. I got 16 but I tend to overfill my cupcakes.
Bake for 15 min for cupcake or up to 30 min for sheet cake, or until tester comes out clean.