Vanilla Butter Cake
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup half-and-half
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Garnishes:
- Clear sparkling sugar
- Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with half-and-half, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan.
- Bake at 325u0b0 for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool 30 minutes or until completely cool. Garnish, if desired.
butter, sugar, eggs, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, vanilla, clear sparkling sugar
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-butter-cake (may not work)