Name: Vanilla Layer Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter; 2 cups sugar; 4 extra large eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour (sifted); 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup butter; 1 1/3 cups sugar; 2 extra large eggs; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted); 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Vanilla Layer Cake

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cake

Servings:

Author: The Williamsburg Cookbook

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
4 extra large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 extra large eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans.
Cream butter and sugar. Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk and vanilla.
Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool and frost as desired.
Notes:
For two 9-inch layers or a 13x9 inch pan, follow the same instructions.