Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and set aside.
- Cream together the sugar and margarine.
- Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time.
- Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk until well blended.
- Spread batter evenly into greased and floured cake pans.
- Bake for 27 to 35 minutes on middle rack, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing to wire rack.
- Cool completely and frost or fill as desired.
- Cake can also be baked in a 13 x 9 inch or Bundt pan.
- For orange marble cake: reserve 1 cup of the batter add to it 2 to 3 squares melted and cooled semi-sweet chocolate, add orange zest to remaining yellow batter and swirl chocolate batter through orange batter for marbled effect.