French Butter Cake with Old Fashioned Fudge Frosting
This French Butter Cake with Old Fashioned Fudge Frosting is a timeless classic, perfect for birthdays.
Equipment
- 8-inch cake pans
- double boiler
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
Frosting
- 6 oz unsweetened chocolate
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 lb confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- half and half or cream enough to make spreadable
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.
Notes
This recipe is straight from my great-grandma’s recipe box.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 400kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 5gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 180mgPotassium: 150mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 600IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
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