I told Ruby if she wore the outfit I wanted her to, we could make any treat she wanted. She chose cake. Blah. I don't love cake. We had a yellow cake mix in the pantry and I decided to make it fancy. It was SO GOOD.
Ingredients
Yellow Cake Mix
1 stick softened butter
4 Eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 t vanilla or 2 t OJ with some zest (haven't tried the OJ yet, will next go)
Preheat oven to box instructions. Spray pan(s). Cream butter. Add eggs one at a time until incorporated with the butter. Add milk. Add cake mix. Turn mixer to high and add vanilla extract or OJ and zest. Mix on high for 5 minutes. Bake according to box.
Frosting
1 cup butter softened
2/3 cup unseated cocoa
approx 3.5 cups powdered sugar
a little less than 1/2 cup milk
1.5 t vanilla
Add cocoa to bowl, whisk to remove lump. Add about a T of milk and the butter cream together. Slowly add sugar and milk to butter mixture by adding 1 cup sugar and 1T milk and mix on high for 1 minute. After its all combined, repeat until you've reached desired consistency and sweetness. Add vanilla.
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