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Granny’s Old Fashioned Butter Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

Delicious homemade Granny’s Old Fashioned Butter Cake with Butter Cream Frosting recipe, easy to prepare and full of flavor!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk or cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Butter cream frosting, see below

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x13 baking or bundt pan. 
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside. Cream together butter, sugar; mix in eggs and vanilla. Blend in butter milk alternately with flour mixture into creamed mixture. Pour in prepared pan and bake for about an hour. Removed from oven…let cool. 
  3. Butter Cream Frosting 
  4. 1 cup butter, soft 
  5. 1/2 cup milk or cream 
  6. 2 tsp vanilla extract 
  7. 5 cups powdered sugar
  8. Cream butter and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar, alternating with milk a little at a time; blend well until desired consistency. 
  9. Variation: Use ½ cup butter and ½ cup shortening in place of 1 cup of butter