Photo: Betty R
This is exactly how you want your yellow cakes – delicious and moist with a lovely fluffy, light crumb.
Homemade Yellow Cake is a great birthday cake. This chocolate frosted version is great as it gives die-hard chocolate addicts their chocolate hit, but it’s not too over-the-top chocolate for everyone else.
With Homemade Yellow Cake this good and easy, why-oh-why would you bother with a box mix?
The very clever BettyR over at Chef Talk is the creative genius behind this Perfect Homemade Yellow Cake.
Homemade Yellow Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the Yellow Cake:
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour (do not sift the flour)
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 3½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1-teaspoon salt
- 1¼ cups milk with a little added vegetable oil
- 1 stick butter (not margarine), softened
- 1-tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
For the Cooked Chocolate Frosting:
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons cornstarch; packed
- 7 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups boiling water
- 6 tablespoons of butter
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
Instructions
- For the full recipe go here: Perfect Homemade Yellow Cake.
Happy baking!
No comments on this recipe and that is a shame. I got this recipe from a forum called “Chef Talk” submitted by Betty R. This is the BEST home-made yellow cake recipe that I have found. Hands down. I spray my cakes down with a simple syrup but this one really doesn’t need it. Doesn’t have that ‘cornbread texture’ that scratch ‘yellows’ tend to have. This has a good fluffy, fine crumb. I haven’t tried the frosting thought but I will. I used a Hershy frosting which is a ‘drier’ (but good) frosting. But I think for this cake–I am going to try that frosting next. I think it will make for an even moister cake. You really should try this. You will not be disappointed if you follow exactly. TRUST ME.
Hi Marie
I completely agree! BettyR is a lady who certainly knows her cakes.
She also has a Chewy Choc Chip Cookie recipe on Chef Talk which is worth taking a look at – http://www.cheftalk.com/t/61728/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies