French Butter Cake with Old Fashioned Fudge Frosting
French butter cake wrapped with an old fashioned fudge frosting is the perfect birthday cake. This recipe is straight from my great-grandma’s recipe box and is a timeless classic.
Enough half and half or cream to make spreadablea few Tablespoons
Makes: 9inch9 x 9inch round
Instructions
Cake
Preheat oven to 375°F and prepare two 8-inch cake pans.
Beat butter until smooth. Add sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
Stir in the eggs and vanilla until smooth.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Stir half of the dry ingredients into butter mixture. Then stir in the milk. Finish by incorporating the rest of the dry ingredients.
Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched with a finger. Cool for about 5 minutes in the pan, then turn onto wire racks and cool completely.
Frosting
Melt chocolate and butter together in a double boiler until smooth.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and powdered sugar.
Add half and half or cream a bit at a time until creamy and spreadable.
Spread over cake while warm, it sets up as it cools.