Yellow cake recipes - 9 recipes
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Moist Yellow Cake
By kelsa94
![Moist Yellow Cake](/media/64/57/2ea0cac8619d9e34f89af8f2c83f17641387.jpg/rh/moist-yellow-cake.jpg)
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Servings 9
Preparation time 45
Cooking time 90
- 1 3/4 cups Baker's Special or granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 3 tablespoons Instant ClearJel or cornstarch
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk, room temperature
I used this deliciously sweet and moist yellow cake mix recipe to make the cupcakes with chocolate frosting
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David's Yellow Cake
![David's Yellow Cake](/media/15/19/984ed71706df9c142f18d3d627e19dccba19.jpg/tsp/davids-yellow-cake.jpg)
By Coldsnap46
A moist yellow cake made from scratch
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 8 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Gluten Free Yellow Cake - King Arthur Flour
![Gluten Free Yellow Cake - King Arthur Flour](/media/5b/92/a237167f5f2fcccefa6bc1f05a4564170977.jpg/tsp/gluten-free-yellow-cake-king-arthur-flour.jpg)
By kylaroy7
Don't let your family and friends who eat gluten-free miss out on the delicious dessert you serve! They will love t
- 3 cups King Arthur Gluten-Free Multi-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 2 tablespoons gluten-free King Arthur Cake Enhancer, optional
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 12 tablespoons soft butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon gluten-free vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk, room temperature
Yellow Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting
![Yellow Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting](/media/08/ff/bf4b805c6308c11845e86ad891a521233b17.jpg/tsp/yellow-butter-cake-with-chocolate-frosting.jpg)
By AllyBees
A classic cake and frosting combo, you can't go wrong with this recipe
- CAKE:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- FROSTING:
- 1 pound semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons dutch-process cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons boiling water
- 3 sticks unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- Salt, to taste
Yellow Butter Cake
![Yellow Butter Cake](/media/04/f3/553124ec21b8290676b5e6b5de92297bdb98.jpg/tsp/yellow-butter-cake.jpg)
By anonsouthernbell
This cake is...well, like BUTTER! It is deliciously rich and creamy, and pairs best with chocolate frosting
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature and cut into pieces
7-Up Cake
![7-Up Cake](/media/8e/7b/f91efbbde96c130ed25bed697b5de17f0757.jpg/tsp/7-up-cake.jpg)
By LRay
This buttery and sweet cake is a perfect dessert served plain or with some fresh berries and whipped cream on top
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 2 sticks butter
- 1/2 cup butter flavor solid crisco
- 6 eggs
- 3/4 cup 7-Up
- 1 teaspoon lemon flavor extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon butter flavor extract
Top Heavy Crumb Cake
![Top Heavy Crumb Cake](/media/a4/4a/d8ee92d0669794602ef9587b31d0b483f598.jpg/tsp/top-heavy-crumb-cake.jpg)
By mytastytreasures
Thick huge scrumptious crumbs on top of a tasty thin layer of coffeecake! Life doesn't get much better than this, e
- HEAVY CRUMB TOPPING:
- 3 sticks butter, melted
- 4 cups flour
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- CAKE:
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1 (4-serving size) package vanilla instant pudding and pie mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
Little Apricot Cakes
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By carvalhohm
Muffin cups are the perfect size for these little apricot cakes
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, finely grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 2 apricots, halved, pitted, cut into 1/4" wedges
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar
La Panadería's Mexican Pink Cake
![La Panadería's Mexican Pink Cake](/media/8d/55/9cf5ed6a1daecb1a13f5160efc729a9171b1.jpg/tsp/la-panaderias-mexican-pink-cake.jpg)
By garciamoss
Those bright pink cake slices with colorful sprinkles, also known as “Pastel de Niños” (Children’s Cake) wil...
- CAKE:
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil, or substitute 1/2 cup applesauce or 1 cup mashed bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
- Zest of 1 lemon, optional
- 1 cup milk
- PINK FROSTING:
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 2 drops red food coloring
- Candy sprinkles
Chess Cake
![Chess Cake](/media/c8/66/f9af22bc39c508eef8fc40e939b23f34fa28.jpg/tsp/chess-cake.jpg)
By tammyjames17
This cake is very sweet and rich
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 egg
- 1 stick butter
- 1 (16-ounce) box confectioners' sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 to 1 bar of cream cheese
The Perfect Moist Yellow Cake
![The Perfect Moist Yellow Cake](/media/0e/9d/a0e6543b468262bf3420edc4249aff7dae41.jpg/tsp/the-perfect-moist-yellow-cake.jpg)
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
I wish I could take credit for this cake recipe, but it goes to the food blog "Bakerella"
- 1 cup (2-sticks) butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups of sifted self-rising flour (I prefer King Arthur Flour Unbleached Self-Rising Flour or you can use White Lily)
- 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring (I use LorAnns Buttery Sweet Dough Flavor that I buy on Amazon.com)
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