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Regal Butter Cake

Regal Butter Cake Recipe

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Author Swans Down
A very special regal butter cake for very special occasions. Come on, splurge! Use real butter (no cheating!) and take no chances with a recipe as grand as this! Us Swans Down Cake Flour. Because it's superfine, it adds a magical delicacy and lightness to even the simplest recipe-makes a rich cake, like this one, a world-beater.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups Swans Down Cake Flour
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  • Preparation:
  • Use two round 9-inch layer pans, 1 1/2 inches deep. Line bottoms with paper. Start oven for moderate heat. (375 degrees F.)
  • Mixing:
  • Combine flour, baking powder and salt; sift together three times. Cream butter, add sugar gradually, cream together until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour alternately with milk in small amounts , beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla; blend.
  • Baking:
  • Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) about 25 minutes.