Yellow Cake W/ Chocolate Buttercream
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YELLOW CAKE INGREDIENTS • 4 large eggs • 1 cup milk • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla paste • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil • 2 1/2 cups cake flour • 1 1/2 cups sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 1/2 sticks (12 T) unsalted butter, softened, cut into 1/2 inch slices DIRECTIONS • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8 inch pans. • In a bowl, combine eggs, milk, flavorings, and vegetable oil. • In the bowl of your mixer, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. • Whisk the dry ingredients for 30 seconds to combine. • With your mixer on low to medium speed, slowly add the pieces of butter, a few pieces at a time. Beat until the dry ingredients are moistened by the butter and look like crumbly coarse sand. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to make sure there is no dry flour. • SLOWLY with the mixer on low speed add approximately 1/2 of the egg mixture to the dry ingredients increasing to medium speed for 1 1/2 minutes, the batter will be thick and fluffy. • Scrape the bowl and add the remaining egg mixture in 2 pourings, scraping the bowl and beating for 20 seconds after each addition. • Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pans 10 minutes then turn out. • Makes 6 1/2 cups batter CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM INGREDIENTS • 2 sticks (226g) unsalted butter, softened (do not soften butter in the microwave) • 6 c. confectioners sugar (690 grams) or more if needed. ** For cupcakes, I like to use 5 c. (675g) for a softer frosting • 1 c. cocoa, sifted (86 grams) measure then sift • 1/3 c. milk (75 grams) • 2 teaspoons vanilla (8 grams) DIRECTIONS • Add butter and beat for approxiamtely 1 min. on medium speed. • Add vanilla and blend into the butter. • Add powdered sugar and cocoa powder. • Add most of the milk. Begin beating at low speed so you won't have a cloud of powdered sugar in your kitchen. Beat at medium speed 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and beat an additional two to three minutes, adding remaining milk as needed.
