Happy Day Cake
Ingredients
For Cake
- 2 ½ cups – Sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
- 3 tsp. – baking powder
- 1 tsp. – salt
- 1 ½ cups – white granulated sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick) – unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup – milk (whole or low fat)
- 1 tsp. – vanilla extract
- 2 – large eggs, room temp.
For Frosting
- ½ cup (1 stick) – unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups – confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp. – vanilla extract
- 3 oz. – unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 1 to 2 Tbsp. – milk
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Butter and lightly flour two 9-inch layer pans.
For Cake:
SIFT Swans Down Cake Flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt and sugar and sift once more.
IN a large bowl stir butter to soften; add dry ingredients, ¾ cup of the milk, and the vanilla.
MIX on low speed until moistened. Beat on low speed 2 minutes. Add eggs and remaining milk; beat 1 minute longer.
POUR batter into prepared pans. Bake about 20-25 minutes; until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
FROST with Chocolate Butter Frosting.
For Frosting:
CREAM butter and 2 cups sugar in small bowl. Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate.
ADD remaining sugar gradually, beating well after each addition.
THIN with milk to reach desired consistency.
