Best Basic Yellow Cake Recipes

ULTIMATE BASIC BIRTHDAY YELLOW CAKE (1 - LAYER)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cut wax paper to fit the bottom of a 9 x 1 1/2-inch round pan. Spray the pan with cooking spray, place the wax paper in the pan and spray the paper.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing well.
• Combine milk with vegetable oil and stir thoroughly.
• Add the milk/vegetable oil mixture, butter and vanilla to the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium to medium-high speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
• Add the eggs and continue beating an additional 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center of cake comes out clean, or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center.
• Cool cakes on wire racks for 15 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
• Frost as desired.

BASIC YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Cut two 9-inch rounds of parchment paper to line the bottoms of two 9-inch (2 inches deep) round cake pans. Butter and line pans. Butter linings. Dust pans with flour, tapping out excess. Set aside.
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer. Return bowl to mixer; fit mixer with the paddle attachment. Add eggs, yolk, water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Mix on low speed until mixture is smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. Bake, switching positions of pans and rotating halfway through, until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, about 42 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks 30 minutes. Run a thin knife around edges of cakes to loosen. Unmold; peel off parchment. Let cool completely, top sides up, on racks.
• Trim tops of cake layers with a long serrated knife to make them level. Using a small offset spatula, evenly cover top of one cake layer with 1 1/2 cups frosting; spread frosting so that it extends just beyond edges of cake.
• Place second cake layer, cut side down, on top; press gently to make it level. Frost top and sides of assembled cake with remaining frosting.

SOUTHERN LIVING BASIC YELLOW CAKE RECIPE ( OR CHOCOLATE)

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter then gradually add sugar, beating well .
• 2. Add eggs, beating well after each addition: this mix should be fluffy yellow.
• 3. In another bowl, combine the flour and baking powder: The add mix to the creamed mixture ( above) alternating with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mix. Mix well.
• 4. Stir in vanilla.
• 5. Pour batter into 2 greased/floured 9" pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center come out clean.
• 6. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove layers from pans and cool completely.

ULTIMATE BASIC BIRTHDAY YELLOW CAKE (3 - LAYER)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cut wax paper to fit the bottom of (3) 9 x 1 1/2-inch round pans. Spray the pans with cooking spray, place the wax paper in the pans and spray the paper.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing well.
• Measure the 1-1/4 cups of milk in a 2 cup measuring cup then add enough vegetable oil to bring the liquid up to 1-1/3 cups. (I did the math and figured out it is 1-1/4 cups milk + 4 teaspoons vegetable oil).
• Add the milk/vegetable oil mixture, butter and vanilla to the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium to medium-high speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
• Add the eggs and continue beating an additional 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center of cake comes out clean, or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center.
• Cool cakes on wire racks for 15 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
• Frost as desired.

YELLOW CHIFFON LAYER CAKE FOR BASIC MOUSSE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350degrees F.
• Grease the bases of four 8 inch pans,donot grease sides.
• You will need three bowls (two large, one small).
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar while continuing to beat until very stiff in large bowl of mixer.
• Mix egg yolks, oil, water, and vanilla together in a small bowl.
• Sift together the dry ingredients into the other large bowl- 1 cup sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add the egg yolk mixture to the dry ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and gently incorporate.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degree for about 25 minutes, well risen and top springs back in the center.
• Turn baking pan onto a rack immediately and let cool.Run a knife through the sides and take out from pan.

BASIC YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans.
• In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt with a wire whisk.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Add vanilla and mix until completely combines. Slowly add flour alternately with milk. At end of addition batter should be smooth. Divide between 2 pans.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto a rack and cool completely before frosting.
• For a 9 x 13 pan - Baked at 350 degrees F. for 30 to 38 minutes.

BASIC HOMEMADE YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and set aside.
• Cream together the sugar and margarine.
• Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time.
• Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk until well blended.
• Spread batter evenly into greased and floured cake pans.
• Bake for 27 to 35 minutes on middle rack, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing to wire rack.
• Cool completely and frost or fill as desired.
• Cake can also be baked in a 13 x 9 inch or Bundt pan.
• For orange marble cake: reserve 1 cup of the batter add to it 2 to 3 squares melted and cooled semi-sweet chocolate, add orange zest to remaining yellow batter and swirl chocolate batter through orange batter for marbled effect.

BASIC YELLOW CAKE FROM WILTON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease bottom of two 8-inch round cake pans and line with waxed paper or parchment paper.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream sugar and butter together until light.
• Add eggs and vanilla to creamed mixture and beat until thoroughly mixed. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Continue beating one minute.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pans.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans; cool completely.
• Fill and frost as desired.

BASIC YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F, with racks in the upper and lower thirds. Cut 2 9-inch rounds of parchment paper to line the bottoms of 2 9-inch (2 inches deep) round cake pans. Butter and line the pans. Butter the linings. Dust the pans with flour, tapping out excess. Set aside.
• Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer. Return the bowl to the mixer; fit the mixer with the paddle attachment. Add the eggs, yolk, warm water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Mix on low speed until the mixture is smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake, switching the positions of the pans and rotating them halfway through, until a cake tester inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 42 minutes. Let cool in the pans on wire racks 30 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edges of the cakes to loosen. Unmold; peel off the parchment. Let cool completely, top sides up, on the racks.
• Trim the tops of the cake layers with a long serrated knife to make them level. Using a small offset spatula, evenly cover the top of one cake layer with 1 1/2 cups frosting; spread the frosting so it extends just beyond the edges of the cake.
• Place the second cake layer, cut side down, on top; press gently to make it level. Frost the top and sides of assembled cake with the remaining frosting.

SCOTTLEY'S BASIC YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.