Classic Yellow Cake Recipe

Joy Published November 18, 2020

How To Make Yellow Cake

A classic yellow cake acts as a versatile dessert that you can experiment on. Decorate it or frost it to your liking, our recipe makes it easy to learn.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

Cool Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2¾cupscake flour
½tspbaking soda
1½tspbaking powder
1tspkosher salt
1½cupsgranulated sugar
⅓cupvegetable oil
⅔cupunsalted butterroom temperature
1tbspvanilla extract
2largeeggsroom temperature
2largeegg yolksroom temperature
1½cupsbuttermilkroom temperature

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F and spray two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl with a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream together the sugar, oil, butter, and vanilla.
Add the eggs and egg yolks one at a time beating after each addition just until combined.
Using a rubber spatula, fold in the dry ingredients in 3 parts alternating with the buttermilk in 2 parts.
Begin and end with the dry ingredients. Gently fold until only very small lumps remain. Avoid using an electric mixer for this step.
Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared cake pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. A toothpick should come clean from the center when done.
Transfer the cake pans to a wire rack and allow the cakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing and allowing to cool completely (about 1 hour) before frosting. Once cooled, frost and assemble the cake as desired.