
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients (19)
- For the Yellow Cake:
- 3 cups (345 g) cake flour
- 2 teaspoons (8 g) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon (6 g) salt
- 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups (350 g) granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (72 g) grapeseed oil
- 5 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon (4.2 g) pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon (4.2 g) butter extract
- 1 cup (240 g) sour cream, at room temperature
- For the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- 2 cups (452 g) unsalted butter, slightly cold
- 5 cups (625 g) confectioner's sugar, measured then sifted
- 1 tablespoon (12 g) pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (170 g) semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup (57.75 g) heavy whipping cream
- Pinch of salt
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Directions
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