Best Buttermilk Birthday Cake Food

BEST BUTTERMILK BIRTHDAY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and grease and flour 2 nine inch round cake pans.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, shortening and sugar together and whip until creamy. Do not overbeat.
• Beat in the eggs and the vanilla extract.
• Slowly add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine well.
• Add buttermilk and stir until combined.
• Add the remaining flour mixture and stir until all ingredients are well mixed. Again, be careful not to overbeat.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Reduce oven temp to 300 and bake for 40-50 minutes until cake is done in the middle.
• Cool and frost with your favorite icing.

NEVER-FAIL BUTTERMILK-CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch baking pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, oil, buttermilk, cocoa, eggs, baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add boiling water and mix well. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue to bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 more minutes.