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Basic Yellow Cake Recipe
This is the BEST Basic Yellow Cake Recipe! It's perfect for a layer cake, a sheet cake or cupcakes! This easy cake recipe is homemade - you'll never need to buy a box cake mix again.
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 30m⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Dorothy Kern📖 crazyforcrust
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
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For the cake:
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cupcake pans with liners or grease and flour cake pan(s).
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Whisk salt, baking powder, and flour in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
baking powder3 teaspoons(227g) unsalted butter, melted1 cup(5 ml) vanilla extract1 teaspoon(226g) unsalted butter, softened1 cup(227g) unsalted butter, softened1 cup(452g) powdered sugar4 cups
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Using a hand mixer, cream sugar into melted butter until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then mix in vanilla extract.
(227g) unsalted butter, melted1 cuplarge eggs4(5 ml) vanilla extract1 teaspoon(226g) unsalted butter, softened1 cup(227g) unsalted butter, softened1 cup(452g) powdered sugar4 cupsvanilla extract1 teaspoon
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Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour, mixing gently between each addition. Mix until just combined. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl.
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Pour batter into prepared pans and bake as directed. Cool completely before removing and frosting.
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Bake Time: 24 cupcakes: ⏱️ 14-17 minutes // Two 9-inch round pans: ⏱️ 24-27 minutes // Two 8-inch round pans: ⏱️ 25-33 minutes // 9x13-inch pan: ⏱️ 30-40 minutes
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For the frosting:
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If you're making chocolate frosting, first whisk powdered sugar, cocoa, and salt until no lumps remain. If making vanilla frosting, whisk powdered sugar with salt.
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Beat butter until smooth with a hand or a stand mixer. Note: if you’re using a hand mixer be sure to use a very large bowl to avoid wearing the powdered sugar.
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Add powdered sugar (or cocoa/powdered sugar mixture), one cup at a time, and beat on medium speed until crumbly. Mix vanilla..
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Add 1 tablespoon of heavy whipping cream at a time, mixing between each addition, until the frosting is smooth and the desirable consistency.
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Frost cake or cupcakes as desired.
Nutrition Facts
calories
334 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
30 g
sodium Content
175 mg
protein Content
3 g
cholesterol Content
74 mg
carbohydrate Content
42 g
saturated Fat Content
10 g
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