One Bowl White Cake

Using a simple white cake recipe I found in Company's Coming "Cakes" cookbook, I made two cake layers for a cake I will decorate for Mother's Day tomorrow. The cake recipe was super quick and easy - and only required placing all of the ingredients together in one bowl and mixing them up. I hope the cake is as great tasting as it is easy to make. I also hope it is moist, as no one likes a dry cake. It's basically a simple butter cake with a subtle vanilla flavor. It could be used for celebration cakes, shortcakes, Boston cream cakes, and more.

One Bowl White Cake
2 cups all-purpose (plain) flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or hard margarine, softened
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350◦F. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans. Put all ingredients into a large mixing bowl (order of ingredients doesn't really matter). Using an electric mixer, beat on slow speed until ingredients are moistened, then beat at medium speed for about two minutes or until batter is smooth. Divide batter evenly among prepared pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack for ten minutes, then remove from pans to cool completely.

Paré, Jean. "One Bowl White Cake." Recipe. Cakes, Edmonton Alberta: Company's Coming Publishing Limited, 1990. 111.