Best Old Fashioned Yellow Cake Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg; beat well. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat on medium speed for two minutes. Pour into a 9x5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for two minutes. Stir in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. Place pan in a bowl of ice water; stir until mixture reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting over top of cake.

OLD-FASHIONED YELLOW CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• To make cake, preheat oven to 350°F
• In a large bowl, beat shortening until light.
• Slowly beat in sugar.
• Add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Add to batter in 3 parts, alternating with 3 parts milk.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold into batter.
• Pour batter into two buttered and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack before icing.
• To make icing, in top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate and stir in condensed milk. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in butter, one piece at a time, stirring after each addition. Stir in egg yolk and vanilla. Beat until smooth and thick. (If the icing becomes too thick, thin with a little hot water.).

OLD-FASHIONED YELLOW CAKE W/ CHOCOLATE FROSTING RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the softened butter, milk, and vanilla. Using a hand mixer, beat mixture for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs and beat for another 2 minutes. Divide the batter between the two prepared pans. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes to rack to cool completely. Make the Frosting: Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat until spreading consistency, adding a dab more milk if needed. Makes about 2 cups frosting. Frost between the layers, over the top and on the sides of cake.

OLD FASHIONED YELLOW CAKE FOR 2

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F
• Grease the pan and lightly dust them with the flour, tapping out the excess; set aside.
• Place the buttermilk and baking soda in a small bowl, and whisk until the baking soda is dissolved. Add the egg yolk, vanilla, and melted butter, and whisk to combine.
• Place the flour, sugar, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and whisk to blend well.
• Add the buttermilk mixture and whisk just until blended and smooth. Spoon the batter into the prepared pans, dividing it evenly between the them.
• Bake the cakes until a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Remove the pans from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
• Then run a thin, sharp knife around the edge of the pans and invert them to release the cakes. Place the cakes upright on the rack and let them cool completely.
• The unfrosted cakes can be stored in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days; or they can be frozen, well wrapped, for up to 1 month. Let them return to room temperature before frosting.

OLD-FASHIONED YELLOW CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg; beat well. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat on medium speed for two minutes. Pour into a 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for two minutes. Stir in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. Place pan in a bowl of ice water; stir until mixture reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting over top of cake.
• Yield: 6 servings.
• Originally published as Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake in Cooking for 2
• Summer 2008, p49
• Nutritional Facts
• piece equals 353 calories, 16 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 222 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 4 g protein.
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