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Vanilla Butter Birthday Cake




Source of Recipe


McCormick


List of Ingredients




1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 package yellow cake mix
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 container (16 ounces) prepared white frosting
1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry preserves or jelly
sprinkles


Recipe



1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients except frosting, preserves, and sprinkles. Beat on medium speed 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl; then beat 2 minutes longer. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 or 9x1 1/2-inch round cake pans.

2. Bake 30 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; turn cake out on wire rack. Turn layers right side up and cool completely.

3. Spread one cake layer with icing and a layer of strawberry or raspberry preserves, if desired. Frost the top and side of cake with remaining icing. Cover the frosted sides of the cake with sprinkles.

Tip: Mix a few drops of your favorite classic McCormick Food Color or McCormick Neon Food Color into the cake batter or frosting--or both! (Keep in mind that if you start with a yellow cake mix, any color you add to it will be yellow plus the color you are adding. For instance, if you add blue food color to a yellow cake mix, you'll get a green cake!)