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!