Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2009

I really liked this recipe for a classic yellow cake. I let my ingredients come up to room temperature before I started mixing. Next time, I might add an additional egg yolk just for a deeper yellow color. I used two 8-inch cake pans, so I needed to increase the baking time since I had more batter per pan. I started testing the cakes at 25 minutes, and they took about 35-40 minutes. The cake wasn't too dry for me, but next time I may use a soaking syrup for just a little added moistness.

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Doughgirl8

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Home Town: Northfield, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2009

This was one of the best cakes I've ever made. Frosted with milk chocolate frosting (sift together 6 T cocoa with 2 1/2 c powdered sugar, cream 1/2 c butter, add 5 T whole milk or cream, 1 t. vanilla and cocoa/sugar mixture and beat the heck out of it - if too thick, add more milk), it made a lovely birthday cake for my mom. The only thing I added was 1/2 t. salt because I used unsalted butter. The cake flour gives it a fine, soft crumb, so be sure to use it.

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JAMJMine

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2008

I think I messed up this cake, because it was the worst cake I've ever made. It was flavorless, dry, and had a weird texture. I won't make this again.

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Ashley

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Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2008

How does this cake make 36 servings??

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2007

I used this recipe for my dad's birthday cake and filled it with lemon icing also from this site. This is everything you could wish for in a cake. Light, fluffy and moist. It's also easy to make which is always a bonus. Thankyou Janice for a recipe I know I will make many times.

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KEZ

Home Town: St Austell, Cornwall, England, U.K.

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2007

I really love to make this cake! It tastes so good, my husband absolutely loves it (and loves me for making it!!), and goes great with a number of different toppings/frostings.

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JLILLY19

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Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2007

I've had a hard time finding a yellow cake recipe that I like. I remember my childhood friend making a 1,2,3,4, cake. I tried this one. It is very good. It's a definate keeper.

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Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2006

Thank you for reminding me of this wonderful basic cake. My mother made it frequently and I had lost the recipe. It is definitely, in my opinion,an excellent layer cake. Make with butter and pure vanilla plus chocolate frosting it is heavenly. Thanks again

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Home Town: Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, U.K.

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Reviewed: May 24, 2006

What a very soft cake! I used a little extra vanilla and stirred in bittersweet chocolate chips at the end and made cupcakes. Awesome. No need for icing.

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EVILBEE

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2002

Although easy and relatively quick, the cake was dry and had little flavor. We did not like it at all and ended up throwing most of it away.

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2001

Excellent white cake recipe! After eating this, you'll never want to make another box cake mix again. I'm a novice cake baker and this was very easy to put together and very well worth it.

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Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2000

This is a really great cake. My family loved it. It's easy to make and taste rich and light. It has become one of our favorites.

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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2000

mmmm... this is a wonderful cake, & one of my new favorites, I put chocolate icing on mine, and also used baking soda instead of baking powder because I ran out but don't think that made too much of a difference. You must try this cake now it's so great! And it's fun to make too, with an electric mixer it barely takes any time, and it looks beautiful when finished and came out of the pans perfectly too. & 1 more thing, you only have to bake it for 25 min. so it's quite quick. yum!

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