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Yellow Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting
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COOK TIME
25 min
TOTAL TIME
40 min
SERVINGS
8-10 servings
So here’s the deal with this cake. a) it’s really good. Like, eat it in the kitchen with a fork off the counter kind of good. b) this batch did not come out the prettiest because apparently my baking powder went bad so it sunk in the middle. BUT…. I just slathered on a lot of frosting. A lot. And poured some sprinkles on there and called it good.
It’s really just a life lesson we are all learning about not judging a book by it’s cover. Right? I’ll keep telling myself that. Just passing on life lessons to everyone using ugly cakes.
So get yourself some fresh baking powder and make this cake! It’s my favorite classic yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting. Perfect for any occasion. Also perfect to eat off the kitchen counter with a fork.
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Yellow Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting
It’s my favorite classic yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting. Perfect for any occasion. Also perfect to eat off the kitchen counter with a fork.
Ingredients
2 and 1/2 cups cake flour
3 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
2 and 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 and 1/3 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Chocolate Frosting
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, room temperature
3 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
10 ounces milk chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9 inch round cake pans with nonstick spray.
- In a medium size bowl, combine the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer, beat the butter on medium high heat until creamy. Add in the sugar and mix again until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs and egg yolks one at a time, mixing on low-medium after each egg addition. . Scrape down the bowl as needed. Add vanill and mix again.
- In a measuring cup, combine the milk and lemon juice. Now with the mixer on low, alternate adding the milk and flour in 3 parts. Mix until just incorporated. Careful not to overmix.
- Pour half the batter in one pan and the rest into the other pan. Bake for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle.
- Cool cakes completely and then invert to remove. After cooled, time to frost!
- Frosting: In a stand mixer, beat the butter on medium until creamy. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until all is combined and smooth. Add salt, mix again.
- Pour in the melted chocolate abeat until smooth. Scrape down the side of the bowl and mix again until everything is incorporated. Frost cake and enjoy!
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