BIRTHDAY CAKE

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Here is a birthday cake, it is practical and at the same time it can be made fancy with Decorator Frosting (found on our site). One or more layers can be tinted by adding food coloring.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Cakes Yellow Cake Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 ½ cups butter
2 ⅓ cups confectioners' sugar
7 egg yolks
4 ½ cups cake flour
¾ teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ¾ cups milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round pans.
Sift flour before measuring; resift with salt and baking powder at least twice more.
Beat egg yolks until very thick and pale - approximately 5 minutes with a mixer on high speed.
In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine and sugar. Blend in eggs. Fold sifted mixture, alternately with milk, into creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until cake springs back when touched. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out, and cool on wire rack. Frost with Decorator Frosting.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 646.9 calories, Carbohydrate 81 g, Cholesterol 220 mg, Fat 32.1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 8.8 g, SaturatedFat 19.2 g, Sodium 517.2 mg, Sugar 29.8 g