Paula Deens Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake
From cardinal54 17 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Use your favorite icing.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 3 cups sifted self-rising flour shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy.
- Add sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
- Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed.
- Divide batter equally among prepared pans.
- Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4 inches above counter, then dropping it flat onto counter.
- Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
- Cool in pans 5 to 10 minutes.
- Invert cakes onto cooling racks.
- Cool completely and spread cake layers with your favorite frosting to make a 3-layer cake.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
another great recipe thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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I've made this cake practically as long as I've been cooking. It's a great cake, and makes good pound cake too.
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in Somewhere In loved it
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