I remember growing up my grandmother would always make her famous Butter Cake with Butter Icing. It was so yummy, and my mom has been stashing the recipe’s for years, lol. I know why she has done it. When all of us left home it was hard for her to let go. I think part of her was glad to have her time with my father, but she’s still mom and I cannot imagine how hard it is to let go and accept the fact that your children are all grown up. I know she gets a kick out of doing certain things for us. Cooking is one of them, you know nobody cooks better than mom and grandma.
Once my grandmother passed away, my mother took over making the desserts and dishes Granny used to make. I have been trying for years to get her to share the recipe’s with me. Well about twenty years later and she finally broke. Yepie, I made a Butter Cake the other day… Still not as good as Granny’s but with some practice I will have it down.
My husband loves to wait and have it for breakfast with a cup of coffee. Not sure, he says it’s great but then again he enjoys coffee. If you’re a coffee drinking it might be something worth trying.
Granny’s Old Fashion Butter Cake Recipe
Print recipe| 20 | 1 hour, 30 minutes |
| 1 Hour | 1 hour |
| 1:20 | 2 hours, 30 minutes |
| Allergy | Egg, Milk |
| Meal type | Dessert |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Formal Party, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
Ingredients
- 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 cup Butter (Softened)
- 1 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Prepare your baking pan. I use a 10 inch tube pan for my butter cakes. You can prepare in the baking pan of your choice, just remember to adjust cooking time or check often | |
| Step 2 | |
| Preheat Oven to 325 | |
| Step 3 | |
| In a large mixing bowl combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar and cream. Mix until it’s a fluffy mixture. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Now add eggs one at a time. Be sure and mix in each egg completely before adding the next | |
| Step 5 | |
| Mix in the vanilla extract. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Make sure everything is mixed together well and pour into cake pan. | |
| Step 7 | |
| Place in oven on 325 degrees F for 1 hour or until done. You can test the cake by using a wooden toothpick. Place clean wooden toothpick in the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean than your cake is finished. If it comes out with something on it, your cake needs a little more time. | |
Note
If you're looking for a yummy Butter Cake Recipe I hope you'll enjoy this one. My granny made this for us growing up and it's traveled along with us. I hope you enjoy, if you're looking for a Butter Icing Recipe to top this awesome cake with be sure to check out our Butter Icing Recipe.
If you’re looking for a something to add to the top of this wonderful Butter Cake be sure and check out our Butter Icing Recipe.
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i am definitely gonna try out this recipe , this looks so delicious and i know this is something that my family will love.
Thanks it’s really yummy one day I will do it as good as granny lol… I bet there’s a hidden secret hahaha
I made this today from your recipe and it is DELICIOUS.Thank you.
My grandma use to make a cake like this but she used a regular cake pan. Haven’t had cake like this in years. Thanks Jenn =D
This is a great recipe and I will use it,Thank you. for sharing.
Oh yeah ! I’m using granny’s recipe for the cake and butter icing… My granny use to make it before she passed away but I never knew the recipe.. Thanks !!!
This one sounds really good. I have had a few butter cakes in the past that were too rich, can’t wait to give this one a try.
In your directions you mentioned cream but its not above in the ingredients
I’m going to try this recipe. You had me with the words granny, butter, and cake.I’ll skip the coffee and stick with milk.
i love this recipe,i made it and it delicious.
How much cream do we use? I want to try the recipe.
Mmm, looks so good!!
This looks and sounds so yummy!!!
This is to much like my grandmother’s recipe! Love it
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. My grandmother had a stroke and was unable to speak or write. Sadly most of her recipes were in her head and not on paper so wonderful things like this cake were lost with her. Thanks again.
Robin, hugs to you… Grandmothers are so special I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for taking the time to comment I my blog it is much appreciated:)
love this recipe, I’ll give it a go.
This looks yummy. Can’t wait to give it a try.
i love to bake and collect recipes so when i saw this it was perfect. I have also been looking for a good butter cake recipe to add to my keepers list for a while, so thank you!
This recipe looks yummy, I’ll be making this for my husband for dessert!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and I can’t wait to try it. I had never thought of putting a butter icing on top but sure will do it when I make this with the grandchildren this weekend.
Thanks for sharing this recipe! It looks REALLY good too!
Wow… this looks yummy! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe!
Mmmmm. My grandmother would make a butter cake with lemon glaze over it. She would serve it piping hot with just a dollop of vanilla ice cream. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Had to pin this! It reminds me of when I was young.
thanks for sharing
I love to bake, but in all my years of doing so, I have never made this cake. I have printed out your recipe and fully intend to make this cake just as soon as I get a pan to make it in.
I would LUV to make this and get it back out in the family
WOW this looks YUM. Pinned it so I will make it. Looks so good.
thank you
Donna L.
OH yeah. This wouldn’t last long around me!!