Homemade Yellow Cake
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I think I FINALLY found a yellow cake recipe that I like! Â Over the past several years I have searched and searched for a yellow cake recipe that looks and tastes good. Â I have a chocolate cake recipe in my desserts recipe book, but never have found a yellow cake recipe…until now! Â I thought I’d share it with you. Â I made it for my birthday cake this weekend to try it again and everyone loved it. Â Enjoy!
HOMEMADE YELLOW CAKE
- 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (I use hard white wheat flour, but you could use unbleached all-purpose flour too)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar (I use organic sugar)
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- olive oil
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a 2-cup measuring cup, measure the 1 1/4 cup milk and enough olive oil to bring the liquid up to 1 1/3 cups.
Add the milk mixture, butter and vanilla to the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 2 minutes.
Add the eggs and beat on medium-high for another 2 minutes.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool completely before frosting. Â Frost with my yummy chocolate frosting!
Notes: Â If you want to bake this cake in a 9×13-inch glass pan, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake the cake a bit longer until done. Â You can also bake this recipe in 3 9x 1 1/2-inch round pans – these will bake faster taking only about 20-25 minutes. Â Also, if you are wanting to take this cake out of the pans, spray the pans with cooking spray first, lay a piece of wax paper down on the bottom of the pan, then spray the wax paper before pouring the batter into the pans to bake. Â This will allow the cake to be removed from the pan!
