Buttermilk Layer Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 10-12
ingredients
- 2 1⁄3 cups cake flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 ounces butter
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch cake pans and set aside. Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and vanilla.
- Using a mixer on medium speed, beat the butter until creamy. Over the course of 3 minutes, beat in the sugar. Over 2 minutes, add the egg mixture. Reduce the speed to low and alternate adding the flour and buttermilk in three parts, scraping the bowl.
- Divide the batter between the pans and smooth the tops. Bake until light golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then unmold onto a rack to cool completely before frosting. YIELD Serves 10 to 12.
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