My Original BC cookbook bought when I was 19 fell apart have always used this for a basic cake to add anything to. Needed to see again to refresh memory for ingredient portions still great go to recipe.

I was please to see this recipe again. I have made this cake before but lost the cook book it was in and I will make it today. Thank you! Bonnie D. Morse

Has anyone made it in a Bundt pan? I wouldn't think it would make any difference to the outcome, but wanted to check.

I absolutely love this recipe. I'm so glad that I found it again. It makes a delicious cake. I used to use it when my children were small for birthday cakes. I'm 67 now and they are 35 and 40. Last year, I have used it for an Old Fashioned Apple Jelly Cake with sweetened coconut placed on the outside. It's Delicious. This cake is so versatile. :)

The Betty Crocker cookbook and much more are used to be printed at western publishing in Poughkeepsie New York. Once a year, someone before Christmas if I remember correctly,they would have a huge factory clearance sale. So somewhere around 1976 or 1977 I bought a factory second copy of the Betty Crocker cookbook! I still have it but it's falling apart. It's a lot easier just to come to this site. It's great because it just makes the one layer or about a dozen cupcakes. So if you don't want to much this is perfect. It is great for upside down cake and I'll kinds of other things. Sometimes I use part better with the shortening but other times I don't. Sometimes I double vanilla because I like vanilla so much. But it is a very reliable recipe and thank you so much for printing it here.