yellow cake with cocoa buttercream frosting

this is absolutely the best yellow cake you will ever taste. of course, you can modify the frosting that you use, but, like i said, i love any form of chocolate, so i went with a cocoa buttercream frosting.

this recipe is actually not my own, it is from the wonderful blog "bakerella" (bakerella.blogspot.com). i have just changed a few things.

1 cup butter (room temperature)
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
3 cups self-rising flour
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

preheat the oven to 350 degrees. grease 3 8-inch cake pans.

cream butter and sugar for 7 minutes.

add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg is added.


add flour and milk (alternating to creamed mixture), beginning and ending with flour.


add vanilla.


divide batter equally into three cake pans. hold each pan about 3 inches above the counter and carefully drop it, several times, to eliminate any air bubbles.

bake for 25-30 minutes.



let the cake layers cool. during this process, make your frosting.

1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 lb. powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1-3 teaspoons milk

mix butter and vanilla until smooth. sift powdered sugar and cocoa over this mixture and blend until smooth. add milk to get the consistency you desire for your own frosting.

a good trick that the "bakerella" blog suggests is to spray the cake layers with sugar water (2 cups water, 1 cup sugar) from a spray bottle to keep them moist before assembling.

frost the first layer, stack the second, frost it as well, and keep frosting until all layers are stacked and frosted!



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ratatat- swisha *a slower, more soothing side of ratatat. love it.
the bravery- the ocean slower alternative. love how it is sort of an incalzando (when compared to the rest of the song's beat) at the end
kate walsh- june bug *slow, sad. SUCH a beautiful voice, and she plays the guitar. great lyrics as well.