Best Butter Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup milk

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat sugar and 1/2 cup butter until creamy. Crack eggs into a small dish (do not beat) and add vanilla. Add eggs to the butter mixture 1 at a time, scraping down the inside of the bowl as needed. Beat in flour mixture and milk in alternating batches, starting and ending with the flour and making sure each addition is fully incorporated before adding the next.
  2. Butter and flour 2 round 8-in. cake pans. Divide batter evenly between pans.
  3. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
  4. Cool cakes 5 minutes. Invert onto a rack, remove pans, and let cool to room temperature, at least 40 minutes.
  5. Make ahead: Up to 2 days, wrapped in plastic wrap and chilled.
  6. Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2748.29 Kcal (11507 kJ)
Calories from fat 945.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 105.02g 162%
Cholesterol 619.31mg 206%
Sodium 2570.08mg 107%
Potassium 2023.39mg 43%
Total Carbs 406.61g 136%
Sugars 156.3g 625%
Dietary Fiber 6.42g 26%
Protein 43.72g 87%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 24.6mg 137%
Calcium 872mg 87%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 318.53 Kcal (1334 kJ)
Calories from fat 109.55 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.17g 162%
Cholesterol 71.78mg 206%
Sodium 297.88mg 107%
Potassium 234.51mg 43%
Total Carbs 47.13g 136%
Sugars 18.12g 625%
Dietary Fiber 0.74g 26%
Protein 5.07g 87%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 38%
Iron 2.8mg 137%
Calcium 101.1mg 87%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 62.9
    Points
  • 75
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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