Name: Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 33 min
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup boiling water; 1 cup melted butter (2 sticks); 1/2 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 4 cups powdered sugar; 1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick); 6 tablespoons milk (or enough to make it a pourable consistency); 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake is so moist and easy to make!

Cake is one of my favorite foods and this Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake is one of the moistest cakes I make.

This cake is tender and sweet and delicious!

One of the things I like about it most is that you make the cake and the frosting with melted butter.

No waiting for the butter to soften.

Also, no mixer is needed for this!

Just whisk the ingredients together.

One of the things I like about sheet cakes is that they bake in a short amount of time.

You also get more pieces.

And I am all for more pieces!

Why buttermilk makes this Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake so darn good:

According to Taste Of Home, “Buttermilk is a wonderful cake ingredient. Its acidic nature tenderizes the gluten in flour, yielding a moist and tender crumb in cakes”.

If you don’t have buttermilk you can mix one tablespoon of vinegar OR lemon juice with one cup of milk and let it sit for 5 minutes.

I personally recommend buying the buttermilk. It is thick and tangy.

Also, you can use the leftover to make delicious buttermilk pancakes or biscuits.

I mean, that is what makes those things taste so good, so go ahead and just get the buttermilk!

Only use the substitute if you can’t, for whatever reason, get the buttermilk.

Some other cake recipes you might like:

Healthier Chocolate Cake

Peachy Keen Cake with Cool Whip Frosting

Oatmeal Cake with Coconut Pecan Topping

Pumpkin Sheet Cake

Banana Breakfast Cake

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Twix Poke Cake

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Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake

Mindy Boyd

Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cake is very moist and is topped with a simple frosting that is poured over the warm cake. This recipe is so easy!

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 18 mins

Total Time 33 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings pieces

Ingredients

For the cake:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
1 cup melted butter 2 sticks
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

For the frosting:

4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup melted butter 1 stick
6 tablespoons milk or enough to make it a pourable consistency
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400° and spray an 11” X 17” jelly roll pan with nonstick spray.
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add the water and butter and whisk until combined. Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla whisking until combined. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake until golden and the edges start to pull away from the pan, 16-18 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack and make frosting immediately by combining the powdered sugar, melted butter, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Pour over warm cake.
Cool completely before cutting and serving.

Notes

The frosting should be a pourable consistency, if it is too thick add more milk, if it is too thin add more powdered sugar.

Keyword buttermilk cake

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