Homemade Yellow Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
From chefmeow 15 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is an incredible cake. It comes from a Sunday School classmate who is an incredible baker. She has made this for the class several times and it is always a big hit. Enjoy
Ingredients
- 4 cups cake flour shopping list
- 2-1/2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- 1-3/4 cup shortening shopping list
- 1-3/4 cup milk shopping list
- 3 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 5 eggs shopping list
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk shopping list
- Frosting: shopping list
- 5-1/3 cups powdered sugar shopping list
- 1 cup baking cocoa shopping list
- 3/4 cup butter softened shopping list
- 2/3 cup milk shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 then grease and flour 3 round cake pans.
- Mix flour, sugar, shortening, milk, baking powder, salt, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl.
- Beat on low speed 30 seconds scraping bowl occasionally.
- Beat on medium speed 2 minutes scraping bowl occasionally then pour batter into pans.
- Bake 35 minutes then cool 10 minutes and remove from pans.
- Poke a number of holes halfway through each layer using the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Pour milk into holes then cool completely.
- Combine all frosting ingredients and beat until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
- Frost between layers and on top and sides of cake.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
I was looking for a yellow cake w/chocolate frosting...I don't have the sweetened condensed milk....maybe I'll look for the recipe here on GR!! Today is my hubby's b-day
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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Finally a buttercream I mastered. YUMMY. Love the cake too, very tender crumb and moist. Was afraid it would be too sweet but it was just perfect. Thanks CM! You ROCK!
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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I've never seen a cake recipe with sweetened condensed milk before, interesting! Sounds wonderful! I'm a fan!
shepherdrescue
in Lake Forest loved it
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