My First Cake Decoration for 2013 – Yellow Cake with Buttercream Frosting

Cake recipe adopted from bettycrocker.

For Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 2 ¼ cup

Unsalted butter – ¾ cup

Sugar – 1 ½ cup

Baking powder – 2 tsp

Vanilla extract – 2 tsp

Eggs - 4

Milk – 1 cup

Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

Confectioners sugar – 2 cups

Unsalted butter – 1 cup

Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

Milk – 2 Tsp

Colours

Sprinklers

Method

For Buttercream

In a bowl cream butter with electric mixer.

Add one cup sugar at a time, beating well on low speed for 2 mins.

Add vanilla, milk and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.

Cover the bowl, keep it aside.

For Cake

Preheat oven to 350⁰F.  Grease and flour cake pans.

In a bowl add dry ingredients. Sieve twice and mix well.

In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add extract and mix until completely combines.

On low speed, slowly add dry ingredients alternately with milk just until blended.

Pour into a pan. Bake at 350⁰F for 30 – 35 mins.

Now insert the needle and if it comes out clean, cake is baked.

Let it cool for 10 mins before removing from pan.

Take out from pan and cool it completely.

Now divide the buttercream into parts. Add your choice of colours to the divided portions.

Now design the cake according to your design.

Linking to:
Christmas Food Fair Event.