Vanilla Birthday Cake with Old-Fashioned Buttercream Icing

The terrific new neighbors across the street are a mother and son, and the son's 18th birthday back on April 21st was a fine reason to make a layer cake as a sign of celebration. It's a gesture not without a notable measure of selfish indulgence, though, as shown in the photo above. This was a tender and moist—and over-frosted— vanilla birthday cake that was awesomely complimented by scoops from the recently-made sweet vanilla ice milk.

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"Vanilla Birthday Cake with Old-Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream," by Jenn Segal of OnceUponAChef.com.