Homemade Yellow Cake And Variations

• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons butter flavor shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs

1. Cream together butter, shortening, sugar, and pudding.
2. Add eggs in one at a time.
3. Add in sour cream and vanilla. Mix well.
4. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk starting and finishing with flour mixture.
6. Pour into well greased and floured 13x9 pan.
7. Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.
8. Variation for White Cake: Use 4 egg whites instead of the 3 whole eggs.
9. 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.
10. Variation for Chocolate Cake: Use chocolate pudding mix and 1/3 cup cocoa. (I then up the milk a little.).

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/homemade-yellow-cake-and-variations-208645 (may not work)