White Buttermilk Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Preparation time: 20
Cooking time: 60

Difficulty: Easy - for beginners
Serves:

Ingredients

Cake Batter:
2 sticks room temperature butter
2 C. granulated sugar
2 C. sifted all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 C. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Frosting:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

Preheat oven to 325 deg

Mix the butter and sugar together well
Add the flour, baking powder and salt

Separately, combine eggs, buttermilk and vanilla

Introduce the dry into the wet mixture

Pour into a cake pan and into the oven for an hour

Frosting:
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar. Store in the refrigerator after use.