How To Bake A Plain Cake?

What do you mean by plain?  Unfrosted or frosted? One-egg cake, two-egg cake, white, yellow, butter cake????

Butter cake:

CAKE:

2/3 c. Butter, softened
2/3 c. Sugar
2 eggs
2 t. Vanilla
2 c. Flour
1 T. Baking powder
1/4 t. Salt
1 c. Milk

FROSTING:

¼ c. Butter
3 c. Powdered sugar
2 t. Vanilla
3 to 4 T. Milk

Heat oven to 350* F. Combine 2/3 c. Butter and sugar in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (1 to 2 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed (1 minute).

Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk and scraping bowl often, until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes).

Divide batter among 2 greased and floured 8 or 9-inch round cake pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.

Meanwhile, melt 1/4 c. Butter in 1-quart saucepan over medium-low heat until lightly browned (4 to 5 minutes). Combine browned butter, powdered sugar and vanilla in small mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency.

Spread frosting between cooled cake layers, top and sides of cake.

** Cake can be baked in 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.



Yellow cake

2 sticks unsalted butter
6 egg yokes, well beaten
1 1/2 cups milk
(Milk, butter, and eggs should be at room temperature)
4 cups cake flour, sifted
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Butter and flour 2- 8-inch cake pans and set aside.

Cream butter until fluffy; add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy. Add egg yolks and vanilla, beat until well combined. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk and stir until smooth.

Pour the batter into cake pans two thirds full and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and remove to wire racks.

Boiled Frosting

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup cold water
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions
In the top part of a double boiler, add sugar, cold water, egg whites and cream of tartar; beat for 30 seconds with electric beater. Place the pan or bowl over boiling water. (Don't let the pan or bowl touch the water.) Beat constantly with the mixer on high for 7 minutes or until frosting develops stiff peaks. Remove frosting from the heat and add vanilla. Beat for another 2 minutes or until frosting spreads easily.


1-2-3-4 cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract (optional)
4 eggs
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy (about 10 minutes with electric mixer). Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and flavorings, beating after addition until smooth.

Pour into three greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cook in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and finish cooling on racks.