Ingredients
3 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
2 cup of sugar
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk or cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
Buttercream frosting, see below
How to make it :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x13 baking or bundt pan.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside. Cream together butter, sugar; mix in eggs and
vanilla. Blend in buttermilk alternately with flour mixture into creamed mixture. Pour in prepared pan and bake for
about an hour. Removed from oven…let cool.
Butter Cream Frosting
1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup milk or cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
5 cups powdered sugar
Cream butter and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar, alternating with milk a little at a time; blend well until desired
consistency.
Variation: Use ½ cup butter and ½ cup shortening in place of 1 cup of butter.
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