I’ve been searching for a good Yellow Cake recipe for some time now, and this is it. I’ve finally found a keeper!
I’m one of those crazy people who is in love with every flavor of cake EXCEPT chocolate. Give me vanilla or white any day, I’ll seriously jump up and down for spice cake, lemon is luscious and red velvet is a major favorite. I feel the same way about yellow cake. It’s just simply flavored and buttery. Chocolate is just not so exciting to me.
The Best Chocolate Frosting for Yellow Cake:
Even though chocolate cake is not my favorite, chocolate frosting is another story. It’s kind of like topping vanilla ice cream with hot fudge- it just works brilliantly well. I have a smooth, velvety, rich and fabulous chocolate frosting recipe works nicely with yellow cake. So get on that and print it out if you haven’t already. You’ll want to have it on hand for this cake and for baking future baking of cakes and cupcakes because it’s that awesome.
Perfect Yellow Cake Recipe:
The yellow cake here is pretty major too. The texture is fluffy and perfect. And the flavor is spot-on. The two layers rise up nicely to the top of the pan, and they’ll rise up even and flat too if you use CAKE STRIPS, which I recommend to every single person I know. They WORK, and you will want to use them on every cake you bake.
And there is my keeper-recipe Yellow Cake. I must say that it turned out exactly as I was hoping. It was quite delicious, and I would love to be able to share a slice with you! Since that’s not really possible, go forth and make this cake for the people in your life! You’ll make those people really happy… because everyone needs a little cake now and then.
Yellow Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray (or grease and flour them). I like to line them with rounds of parchment- it helps with getting the cake out of the pan intact.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a larger bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the butter. Beat in the sugar and mix until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the dry ingredients in two parts- mix in half of the dry ingredients, then half of the milk, then the rest of the dry ingredients, and then the rest of the milk + vanilla. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl as you are mixing to incorporate all of the ingredients.
- Divide the batter between the two prepared cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool for 20 to 25 minutes, then run a knife along the edge of each pan and invert onto a rack to cool completely. Be sure to peel off the parchment paper and toss it!
- Your cakes are ready to frost, or you can wrap them and keep them overnight until you are ready to frost your cake. I recommend using the Chocolate Frosting Recipe on this site for the Yellow Cake. It makes plenty of frosting for a two-layer cake.
Notes
- Nutritional information is for cake only- not the frosting.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Do you know about how many cupcakes this recipe would make?
A two layer cake should always turn out about 24 cupcakes. Maybe a little more.
Can you use unbleached flour in yellow cake recipe?
yes
Can I use cake floor instead of all purpose flour?
No- they have different functions
Hi! I just saw this. It’s the first yellow cake recipe I saw on pinterest and pinned it. I went in the kitchen and immediately made it. My husband loves yellow cake. They are in the oven as I type. It was super easy to make! It looks beautiful and I can’t wait to taste!
Hope you like it!
This cake looks perfect as well as that gorgeous chocolate frosting!
-Jamie
Everyone needs a good yellow cake recipe! This looks perfect!
This cake is gorgeous Lori! My husband is the chocoholic when it comes to cakes but I love love love yellow cake! I’ve been on the hunt for a great recipe and can’t wait to find yours. It looks perfect – pinned!
This looks super moist and delicious!!
You can definitely cut me a slice of this yellow cake.. it looks so delicious!
I grew up eating yellow cake — out of a box, yes — but never think to make it these days. This is such a deliciously classic cake, and it has to be extra amazing with that incredible frosting! Pinning.