Best Bakers Dozen Favorite Butter Cake Recipes

GERMAN BUTTER CAKE - BUTTERKUCHEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 400 F. (If you use a dark baking pan, reduce the heat to 375 F)
• Add all ingredient for the dough to a large bowl and mix until just combined. Make sure to don´t incorporated too much air. The air could cause a collapse during baking.
• Grease a baking pan or casserole dish. I use a clear casserole dish 9x13.
• Pour the dough into the pan and spread out evenly.
• Add butter and milk into a small sauce pan and melt on low heat.
• Add the sugar and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Add the vanilla extract and the almond slices to the sauce pan and combine well.
• Carefully top the dough with the mixture and spread out evenly.
• Bake for about 20 - 25 min. at 400 F. (If you use a dark baking pan, reduce the heat to 375 F)
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar. (optional)

RICH BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat sugar and 1 cup butter in large bowl at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until creamy. Add eggs, two at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with 1 cup milk, beating well after each addition.
• Pour batter into greased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, beat 1/2 cup butter and cooled chocolate in large bowl at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, alternately with 1/4 cup milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla and scraping bowl occasionally, until well mixed. Frost cooled cake. Sprinkle with decorator sprinkles, if desired.
• TIP: Add 1 to 2 tablespoons additional milk to frosting for desired spreading consistency.
• TIP: This cake is very versatile. Frost the cake or, leave unfrosted and top each serving with sliced strawberries and whipped cream.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FAVORITE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat egg whites until frothy.
• Add 1 cup sugar gradually until egg whites are stiff peaks.
• Finely chop almonds.
• Cream the butter and remaining 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Add vanilla extract and almond extract to buttermilk.
• Combine nuts with flour mixture.
• Add wet to dry by thirds.
• Fold beaten egg whites into batter.
• Place greased wax paper in tube pan.( i didnt do this but i wasnt flipping it out either ).
• Turn batter into a 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.
• Frost with boiled icing.

BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Line bottom with parchment or wax paper, or dust lightly with flour.
• Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
• Beat butter and white sugar until fluffy and light in color. Gradually add eggs, beating well after each addition; stir in vanilla. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Stir until just blended (see Cook's Note for Blueberry Cake variation). Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for until cake springs back when lightly touched, about 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto wire rack to cool completely.

ONE-BOWL KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup bundt pan.
• In a large bowl combine all cake ingredients; beat on low speed until moistened, then beat for another 3 minutes at medium speed.
• Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done.
• For the butter sauce; in a saucepan, over low heat combine all sauce ingredients; cook just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally (do not boil).
• When cake is done remove from oven and pierce all over cake with a large fork or a long thin straw; pour the sauce all over the warm cake.
• Let stand 5 minutes, or until sauce is absorbed.

PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S FAVORITE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
• Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually, mix in egg yolks and vanilla extract.
• Add cocoa and flour mixture alternating with milk.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold stiff egg whites into mixture.
• Pour into 2 greased layer cake pans.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• Frost with favorite frosting.