My boss is due with a baby girl in just a few weeks and we had a baby shower at work for her. I asked her what kind of cake is her favorite and her reply was yellow cake with chocolate frosting. I decided to run with it and try a homemade recipe.
I have to say I personally was kind of disappointed with the recipe it seemed too dense and heavy. But everyone else raved about it. I always feel that homemade cake is too heavy not really sure but I still prefer box mix… I think I need to experience some more recipes.
This frosting recipe was OUT OF THIS WORLD! I was going to follow a recipe and ended up not having enough of anything so I just used what I had and made this recipe and it has EXCELLENT flavor. It does need to be chilled because of the melted chocolate but we just ate it cold.
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting (Found On: Branny Boils Over, Orginally From: So Tasty, So Yummy)
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 tbls Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs until thick and then gradually add sugar. Combine dry ingredients and sift. Heat milk and butter to boiling. Add vanilla to batter and gradually pour in flour mixture. Slowly pour milk into mixing bowl and stir until combined. Bake 25-30 minutes.
Chocolate Frosting (From: Myself)
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vanilla vanilla
- 1/4 cup cream
Cream together butter, 1 cup of the sugar
Meanwhile melt chocolate chips and 2 T of cream.
Once melted mix in with butter/sugar mixture beat until blended. Add vanilla and rest of cream until desired thickness.
Spread on cake and refrigerate until 10 minutes before serving.
