Vanilla Buttermilk Pound Cakes and Cream Cheese Frosting

I've had a couple requests for the recipe I used for Prestyn's first birthday party cake. So here it is:

Vanilla Buttermilk Pound Cakes:
13.5 oz (about 3 cups) All purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter - softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cup low-fat buttermilk (I used regular 2% milk)
1) Preaheat oven to 350
2) Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir with a whisk. Place sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl and beat with mixer at medium speed until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add floud mix & buttermilk to sugar mix, beginning and ending with flour mix.
3) Spoon batter into 5 (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in) loaf pans (For Prestyn's dino cake I used 2 lg bread pans & 2 round cakes - so it was 2 of this recipe). Make sure to coat pans with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 mins on wire rack. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.

Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese at room temperature
8 Tbsp (1 stick) butter at room temperature
3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract

1) Place the cream cheese & butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine. Add the confectioners sugar, a bit at a time, blending with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is well incorporated, 1 minute. Add Vanilla, then increase mixer speed to medium and blend the frosting until fluffy, 1 minute more.
2) Use at once to frost the cake of your choice.


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I'm in desperate need of some new recipes my friends. Its finally being consistantly warm out & I'm already sick of burgers & brats on the grill! Tonight I used my sister's marinade recipe and we are grilling steaks, I'm taking some frozen french fries and seasoning them in a tin-foil bag and grilling that too.

So, please share with me some of your favorite grilling recipes/foods, and favorite side dishes. I want things that are easy to make this summer that don't require a ton of prep work or heating up the entire house. Crockpot recipes are great too...THANKS FOR SHARING!!!