Buttermilk Yellow Cake
- 1 cup Crisco or other good shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs (at room temperature)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans, a 10-inch tube pan, muffin tins or an 11x17-inch sheet cake pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mace. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, cream the shortening and sugar for 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beginning and ending with dry ingredients, add the dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and vanilla. Pour into the prepared pan.
- For cake pans: Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire racks to finish cooling.
- Makes 12 servings.
Buttermilk Yellow Cake Notes
In the above photo for this cake, we also used Pineapple Filling, a delicious addition to this cake, and the always dependable, always delicious Cream Cheese Frosting. The serving dishes in our photograph are Fiesta dinnerware.
For Tube Pan: Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Check at 1 hour with wooden pick or cake tester. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to finish cooling.
For Cupcakes: Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes in greased muffin tins or paper liners in muffin tins, filling half full. Makes approximately two and a half dozen cupcakes.
For Sheet Cake: Pour into greased and floured 17x11-1/2x2-1/4-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Ready in: 50 Min