CAKE:

2/3 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 1/4 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

BUTTERCREAM:

2 pkg. Dr. Oetker vanilla pudding
3 sticks butter
3 tbsp. sugar

Cake: Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs. Sift flour and baking powder. Stir in alternately with flour the milk and vanilla. Grease and flour 10 inch springform pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. After cake is baked, cut it twice and fill with buttercream and decorate.

Buttercream: Prepare pudding according to instructions with 3 additional tablespoons of sugar. Let cool to room temperature and remove the skin. Let pudding and butter stay out overnight so both are room temperature. Cream butter and add pudding 1 tablespoon at a time until well blended.

(Recipe of Ruth Zabel)