Brown Eyed Baker· by Michelle Lettrich★ 4.5 (176)

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting (From Scratch!)

A fluffy, classic yellow layer cake topped with silky smooth chocolate frosting, this bakery-quality recipe is perfect for birthdays and celebrations. The vanilla cake is tender and pairs beautifully with the rich frosting.

Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

10 SERVINGS

• 2¼ cupsall-purpose flour
• 2 tspbaking powder
• 1 tspbaking soda
• 1 tspsalt
• ½ cupunsalted butter — room temperature
• 1½ cupsgranulated sugar
• 3large eggs — at room temperature
• 1 tspvanilla extract
• 1¼ cupsbuttermilk — at room temperature
• 20 tbspunsalted butter — cool room temperature
• 1 cuppowdered sugar
• ¾ cupDutch-processed cocoa
• —salt
• ¾ cuplight corn syrup
• 8 ozmilk chocolate — melted, cooled slightly, or semisweet chocolate
• —Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
• —Round Cake Pans
• —Wire Cooling Racks
• —Food Processor
• —Large Icing Spatula

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Nutrition uses 10 ordinary servings for this batch; the source listed 8.

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Method

1h 35m total

Read the method on Brown Eyed BakerMichelle Lettrich’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium

363mg

Calcium

173mg

Iron

2mg

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