Description
Make rich and moist homemade yellow cake recipe from scratch with chocolate buttercream frosting. This classic dessert is so easy to make!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup salted butter (melted but room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups cane sugar
- 4 large eggs (room temperature and separated (set aside the whites))
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup salted butter (softened)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350° F, and grease the bottom only of 2 round 8-inch cake pans.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla extract for a good 5 to 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, including the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients with the buttermilk to the butter/sugar mixture, mixing after each addition.
- When everything is mixed together, fold in the egg whites and mix together, being careful not to over-mix.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pans.
- Bake at 350° F for about 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove each cake from the oven, and allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes; then remove each cake from the pan, and place on a wire rack to finish cooling.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the softened butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
- Add in the heavy whipping cream, and mix well.
- Add in the powdered sugar and cocoa powder, and mix together for 2 to 3 minutes.
- When the cake is fully cooled, spread chocolate buttercream frosting all over the top of one layer.
- Place the second layer on top of the frosting, and repeat, spreading frosting all over the top of the cake.
- Then spread or pipe frosting all around the sides of both layers, making sure the cake is fully covered in chocolate buttercream.
- Slice and serve!
Notes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 667 kcal
- Sugar: 53 g
- Sodium: 360 mg
- Fat: 35 g
- Saturated Fat: 21 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 84 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 125 mg
Keywords: yellow cake, chocolate buttercream, homemade cake