Ace of Cakes

I have recently become enamoured by the idea of homemade from scratch cakes. I really like Betty Crocker cake mixes so I never really cared to make cakes from scratch, but one sunday I was thinking about the movie Pollyanna. To me Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables are 2 of the ultimate Sunday afternoon movies. I don't know why but they are. In Pollyanna I always loved the cake the kitchen ladies were making for the fundraiser fair. It always looked so nice and pretty.


I decided to flip through my Betty Crocker cookbook until I found a cake like it and try it out. Sucess! it was just the right amount of sweet and moist. Here is my adaption:


2/3 cup butter crisco
1 & 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla (the real stuff is oh so much better)
2 & 1/4 cup flour
2 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 & 1/4 cup milk



Heat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour to 9in circular cake pans. Beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for 5 minutes on a high speed (I know it seems like forever but it makes a world of difference). On a low speed alternate adding milk and dry ingredients mixture. Pour into pans and bake for 35 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean).

Frost with French Silk Frosting:

2 & 2/3 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup softened butter
2 oz melted chocolate (I only had hershey's kisses to melt and I just made up a measurement and melted 8 kisses in a small tupperware for 30 seconds, stirred, and then an additional 30 seconds in the microwave).
3/4 cup vanilla
2 Tbsp milk


Blend all ingredients together until fluffy.

I was to busy enjoying the cake to actually show a cut piece in a picture.

So since then I have been craving more homemade from scratch cake and decided to take a cue from Bakerella and make some Red Velvet Cake. It's baking right now so I will followup with pictures and the Cream cheese frosting I made instead of Bakerella's frosting (which I am sure is delicous but I didn't have enough powdered sugar on hand for it).