Yellow Cake Light

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 large eggs
• 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 1/4 cups nonfat milk
• frosting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 spray bottoms only of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans, dust with flour & set aside.
• 3 beat sugar, softened butter & vanilla with electric mixer at medium speed until very well blended (about 5 minutes).
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 mix flour, baking powder and salt together (large glass mixing cup worked well).
• 6 add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 7 divide the thick batter into the 2 prepared pans, spreading as evenly as possible.
• 8 sharply tap pans on counter (to disburse any bubbles) before placing in 350°f oven.
• 9 bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes, remove from pans, cool completely on racks.
• 11 place 1 cake layer on serving plate, frost with about 1/2 cup frosting, top with remaining layer, frost sides and top.