White Chocolate Cake w Buttercream Frosting

My girl Kate is home for a few days for Easter

and before she starts her new job next week.

Since she wasn't home for her birthday in March

I promised to make her traditional

birthday cake when she came home.

This is my "go-to" gal when I'm going to bake a cake.

Kate's cake of choice is the "Love Cake" (p.184)

which is a White Chocolate Cake.

The book gives directions for making

a single layer, heart shaped cake,

but I made a two layer round one.

Place 1 stick of butter, cut in pieces

and 6 ozs white chocolate finely chopped,

(do not use morsels, but rather a baking bar)

in a small saucepan over low heat.

Cook, stirring, until both have melted,

3 to 4 minutes.

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Place 1 pkg (18.25 ozs) plain white cake mix,

1 c. whole milk

3 large eggs

2 t. pure vanilla extract

melted butter & white chocolate mixture

into a large mixing bowl.

Blend with electric mixer on low speed for

one minute.

Scrape down sides of bowl and

beat another 2 minutes on medium speed

until all ingredients are blended.

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Divide the batter between two greased

and floured 9-inch pans.

Bake until light brown

at 350 degrees, for approximately 27-30 minutes.

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Cool cakes for 10 minutes, then remove

from pans onto a rack and let them

cool completely.

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I use a simple

Butter Cream Frosting

on this cake, not the one given in the book.

1 stick softened butter

3 T. milk

3 c. confectioners' sugar, sifted

1 t. vanilla extract

Place the butter and milk in a mixing bowl.

Place 2 c. of the confectioners' sugar into the bowl.

Mix well with an electric mixer.

Add the remaining 1 c. confectioners' sugar,

add the vanilla, and beat with the mixer

until the frosting is fluffy.

Do you know this trick of layering wax paper on your

cake plate before frosting the cake?

Place a dollop of frosting on the first layer of cake,

and spread it out.

Place the second layer on top, with the two bottoms

of the cake together.

(Notice my cakes are not straight edged.)

Frost the cake, filling in extra frosting to make the cake's

edges straight.

Slip the wax paper out from under the cake.

You'll have a frosted cake on a clean cake plate.

Garnish with some sliced strawberries and

enjoy! We did!

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