Ingredients for a Cake

• 2 ½ c. all purpose flower
• 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
• 2/3 c. butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 ¼ c milk
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 ¾ c. sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. vanilla

Making the Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease and lightly flour two round 8-inch cake pans.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
3. At a medium speed, beat the butter for about thirty seconds so that it is smooth.
4. Add sugar and vanilla to the butter and mix it all together.
5. Adding one at a time, crack the eggs into the batter and mix between each addition of an egg.
6. Add the dry ingredients prepared in step 2 to the mixture.
7. Beat it with the mixer on medium.
8. Add the contents to the two cake pans and put them into the oven.
9. Put toothpicks in the center of the cake to offer a test of completion.
10. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Pull the toothpicks out; if they are clean, the cake is done.
11. Remove the cakes from the pans and set on a wire rack to cool.

What Frosting Do I Use?

Typically with a yellow cake, the type of frosting to consider is a chocolate frosting. The mixture of yellow cake and chocolate makes for a delicious mixture. However, vanilla frosting is not a bad idea as well. Another option is to go with a Pillsbury frosting that has sprinkles with it. Put the frosting on and then sprinkles and it gives the cake another taste to go along with the vanilla. On top of that, kids seem to love the sprinkles.