Best Grandmas Birthday Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S MOIST CAKE

Grandma's Moist Cake image

This very moist yellow cake recipe comes from my boyfriend's grandmother. We usually serve it with chocolate buttermilk icing.

Provided by Patricia Taylor

Categories Desserts Cakes Yellow Cake Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch pans.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Combine the milk and vanilla, add alternately to the creamed mixture with the flour, ending with the flour. Mix only as much as necessary. Pour into the prepared pans.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cake will pull away from the sides of the pan slightly when done. Allow cakes to cool in the pans for a few minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 393.9 calories, Carbohydrate 53.9 g, Cholesterol 104.3 mg, Fat 17.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 10.5 g, Sodium 471.5 mg, Sugar 34.6 g

GRANDMA LORRAINE'S SINGLE LAYER BIRTHDAY CAKES

Grandma Lorraine's Single Layer Birthday Cakes image

Provided by Sandra Lee

Categories dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 2 single-layer cakes

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 (18.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons raspberry extract, divided (recommended: McCormick)
1/2 cup liquid from canned peaches
2 cans (16-ounces) white frosting (recommended: Pillsbury Creamy Supreme)
Food coloring, red and green
6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Add 2 eggs, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons raspberry extract, and 1/2 cup peach liquid to cake mix. Bake 2 (8-inch) cakes according to package directions.
Let cakes cool completely. Transfer cakes to inverted 9-inch pie tins to function as a cake stand.
Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon raspberry extract to 1 can of frosting. Stir thoroughly. Frost both cakes.
Divide remaining can of frosting between 2 mixing bowls. Add 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar to both. Add 7 drops of food coloring to each - red in 1, green in the other. Mix thoroughly and transfer to 2 plastic bags. Snip small corner off bags and use to pipe a decorative border around the base of the cakes - 1 green, 1 pink. Decorate cake with green vines and pink flowers.