Hey, it’s Sarah! My son’s 13th birthday is just around the corner, and if I’m feeling up to it I might make his birthday cake. It’s not difficult, you just have to follow the directions. Check out this awesome recipe I found here! (Credit: Southern Plate)
INGREDIENTS:
- Sugar
- Milk
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Butter
- Sprinkles if you’ve got a hankering for a rainbow-flecked cake.
DIRECTIONS:
Place sugar and softened butter in a large mixing bowl.
Cream together with an electric mixer until it is nice and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, use a spoon to stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
In another small bowl (the hardest part of this recipe is the dishes afterward), stir together the vanilla, milk, and eggs until well combined.
Now add a little of the wet mixture and a little of the flour mixture to the creamed butter and mix that well.
Then add the rest of each and continue mixing until it is smooth and fully blended, about 2-3 minutes.
Prepare two cake pans by either greasing and flouring them or by spraying.
Now divide the cake mix up between your two prepared cake pans.
Bake these at 350 for 30-35 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cakes sit in their pans for 10 minutes.
ICING:
Place your room temp butter and a little bit of powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.
Beat that with a until fluffy.
Add flavoring and half of the milk and then the rest of your sugar.
Place the first level of your cake, top side up, onto a cake pedestal. Add a big old wallop of icing.
Spread it around.
Enjoy!
