Makinze is currently senior food editor at Delish, where she develops recipes, creates, and hosts recipe videos and is our current baking queen. She is our expert pie crimper, believes you should always have the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies on hand, and everyone needs to know a perfect roast chicken recipe.
Ask most people and they will say they grew up having "yellow cake" for their birthdays. It's basically a vanilla cake made with extra egg yolks, which make the cake perfectly dense with a super-rich flavor. It's far better than a vanilla cake and pairs perfectly with a thick, fudgy chocolate frosting. The greatest combo since peanut butter and jelly.
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- Yields:
- 8 serving(s)
- Prep Time:
- 20 mins
- Total Time:
- 1 hr 55 mins
Ingredients
For the cake
Cooking spray
- 2 c.
all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp.
cornstarch
- 1 1/2 tsp.
baking powder
- 1 tsp.
kosher salt
- 1 c.
(2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 c.
granulated sugar
- 1/2 c.
packed brown sugar
- 2
large eggs, plus 6 egg yolks
- 2 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 c.
milk
For the frosting
- 1 c.
(2 sticks) melted butter
- 3 c.
powdered sugar
- 1 c.
unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/3 c.
heavy cream
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
Pinch of kosher salt
Directions
- Step 1Make cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Line two 8" round cake pans with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray.
- Step 2In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. In another large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and yolks, one at a time until well combined, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally, then add vanilla.
- Step 3Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined, then add milk and mix until combined.
- Step 4Divide batter evenly between prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Step 5Meanwhile, make frosting: In a large bowl, beat together melted butter, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder until smooth. Add cream, vanilla, and a pinch of salt and beat until light and fluffy.
- Step 6Level cakes with a large serrated knife by holding knife horizontal to cake and slicing a thin layer off the tops until even. Add about half of icing to one layer of cake and spread into an even layer. Top with second cake layer and frost with remaining icing.
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