Homemade Yellow Cake And Variations

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I was in search of a great yellow cake made from scratch that would taste good if not better than the box. i use this one all the time for my catering business. it makes a thick cake. 6/3/08 made some changes to make it better.

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Steps

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Cream together butter , shortening , sugar , and pudding.

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Add eggs in one at a time.

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Add in sour cream and vanilla.

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Mix well.

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Sift together flour , baking powder , and salt.

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Add flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk starting and finishing with flour mixture.

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Pour into well greased and floured 13x9 pan.

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Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.

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Variation for white cake: use 4 egg whites instead of the 3 whole eggs.

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Variation for spice cake: add 1-1 / 2 teaspoons cinnamon , 1 / 4+1 / 8 teaspoon ground allspice , 1 / 4+1 / 8 teaspoon ground cloves to the flour mixture.

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Variation for chocolate cake: use chocolate pudding mix and 1 / 3 cup cocoa.

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Ingredients

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cake flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, instant vanilla pudding, butter, butter flavor shortening, milk, vanilla extract, sour cream, eggs