I'll see your chocolate cake dear friend and raise you one home made yellow cake with fudgy icing.  I may not be in labour and baking bread and playing DDR while baking my cake, but man, after all that talk I really want some cake. This particular cake is super moist and so much better than any boxed cake mix.  I've halved this recipe for just a single pan of cake, otherwise, I will eat all of this cake, and if there is only half of it at once.  Well, then, I just eat all of half a cake :) Your Basic Super Moist Yellow Cake: 1 cup butter, softened 1 2/3 cups white sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 3 cups sifted flour 2 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/3 cups milk Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare 2 - 9 inch cake pans with baking spray. With a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  The longer the better ~5-10 minutes.  Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.  Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans saving the mixer's beaters and bowl for your husband to lick clean. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.  Ice with your favorite icing. Mine is in the oven right now!  Yum!