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Best Yellow Cake Recipe

This is the best yellow cake recipe! Made completely from scratch with simple ingredients, it’s dense and moist with a perfect crumb! Topped with chocolate buttercream frosting it's the ultimate birthday cake. Ditch boxed mixes and make this homemade yellow cake instead.
2
887
27
1 hr 40 min
TOTAL TIME
357
CALORIES
$0.57
PER SERVING
Best Yellow Cake Recipe
Ingredients
12 INGREDIENTS
16 SERVINGS
Baking Powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
chocolate buttercream frosting
Eggs
2 whole eggs
Pure Vanilla Extract
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Fine Sea Salt
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
Baking Soda
1/2 tsp baking soda
Whole Milk
1 cup whole milk
Granulated Sugar
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
Salted Butter
1/2 cup salted butter
Canola Oil
1/4 cup canola oil
Sour Cream
1/2 cup sour cream
All-purpose Flour
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
13 STEPS
10 min
PREP TIME
30 min
COOK TIME
1 hr 40 min
TOTAL TIME
View Directions on JoyFoodSunshine
Health Info
Macros
49g
CARBS
16g
FAT
3g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
LACTOSE FREE
GLUTEN FREE
VEGETARIAN
Contains these allergens
MILK
EGGS
WHEAT
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