Yellow Cake

This is the cake I made for Kodison's birthday. Yellow cake is his favorite with chocolate frosting. (Hence I made a little chocolate football to appease him) I cut up the cake shape from a 9 x 13 pan and carved the jersey and football from there. The trick to doing cut up cakes is to freeze the unfrosted cake a bit, that way the crumbs adhere to the cake and not the frosting.

Yellow Butter Cake made from scratch

2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred before measuring
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Cream sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add half of the flour mixture then half of the milk. Add vanilla. Mix until blended; add remaining flour and milk and beat til smooth. The batter will be thick. Spread batter in 13x9 baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25 to 35 minutes.