Granny’s Old Fashioned Butter Cake with Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients :
3 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk or cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
Butter cream frosting, see below
Directions :
1- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x13 baking or bundt pan.
2- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
3- Cream together butter, sugar; mix in eggs and vanilla.
4- Blend in butter milk alternately with flour mixture into creamed mixture.
5- 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.