Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing, Tips on Icing a Layer Cake, Inspirational Thought

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YELLOW CAKE
1 cup butter 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 large egg yolks 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
Directions:
Mix the milk and sour cream together, set aside.
Mix butter and sugar together until creamy, 4-5 minutes.
Add eggs and egg yolks, one at a time.
Keep the sides and bottom scraped as you go along so nothing remains on the sides of the bowl.
Add salt, soda, baking powder and vanilla.
Sift the flour and alternate adding the flour and milk/sour cream mixture, adding about 1/3 at a time.

Prepare 3 - 9" round pans by greasing with Crisco and flouring the pan.
Divide the cake batter into the 3 pans.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Convection oven 340 degress.
Bake time is 28 - 35 minutes, bake until toothpick comes out clean.

Let cool in the pan for 5-8 minutes, remove from pan onto cooling rack. Let cool completely. After the cake is cooled, wrap it until you are ready to frost the cake.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING
1 1/2 cup (3 sticks) softened Margarine (or Butter)
1 cup Unsweetened Cocoa
5 cups 10X Sugar (Confectioners Sugar)
1/2 cup Milk
2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

In a large mixing bowl add margarine, give a light mix coating the sides of the bowl
Add cocoa, whisk any lumps out before adding to margarine.
Cream together, keep sides and bottom scraped throughout the mixing.

Add vanilla and mix well.

Alternate adding the 10X sugar and milk
Scrap sides and bottom, mix at a high speed for about a minute.

THE GOLDEN THOUGHT OF INSPIRATION
I am a beloved child of God.
I am made in His image.
I matter to Him.
My needs matter to Him.
I will not let the enemy or anyone else convince me these things are not true.