11-Carton Cake

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Total:2 hr Active: 20 min
Yield: 12 servings
Level: Easy
Recipe courtesy of Ree Drummond

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Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • Nonstick cooking spray, for the cake pan
  • One 6-ounce carton vanilla yogurt (reserve the carton for measuring other ingredients)
  • One 6-ounce carton vegetable oil
  • One 6-ounce carton granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • Two 6-ounce cartons cake flour
  • One 6-ounce carton unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • One 6-ounce carton milk
  • One 6-ounce carton mini semisweet chocolate chips
  • Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:
  • Two 6-ounce cartons confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) salted butter, softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • One 6-ounce carton mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

For the cake: Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray a 10-inch round cake pan with a layer of nonstick cooking spray.

To a large mixing bowl, add the yogurt, oil and granulated sugar (using the yogurt carton as the measure) and the eggs; beat together with a hand whisk until everything is incorporated and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.

Next, add the cake flour and cocoa using the carton as the measure, then the vanilla, baking soda and baking powder; beat together until incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes more. Add the milk and mini chocolate chips (using the carton) and mix until incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in the cake pan for 30 minutes, then remove the cake to a cooling rack and allow it to cool for another 30 minutes.

For the vanilla buttercream frosting: Add the confectioners' sugar (measured in the carton), butter and vanilla to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread over the top of the cooled cake in a thick layer and sprinkle with the mini chocolate chips (measure in the carton).

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