Vanilla Cinnamon Cake

Cake Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t baking powder
2 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1 cup milk
1 1/2 t vanilla extract

Cake Directions:
Cream the butter in a stand mixer until smooth and light. Add sugar and continue to mix until fully incorporated and fluffy. 

Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

Combine milk and vanilla. Add portions of the flour mixture and milk mixture to the electric mixer, alternating, starting and ending with flour. Pour evenly into 2 buttered and floured 9-inch cake pans. 

Bake for 40 minutes or until golden - cake should pull away from the side and spring back to the touch. 

Frost cake and decorate as desired using your favorite icing. 

*Original recipe from www.foodnetwork.com They use this cake recipe for a wedding cake, topped with Hot Mexican Chocolate Icing.