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Old Fashioned Yellow Cake with Easy Chocolate Frosting

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Category: Holiday, Cakes, Desserts, Chocolate

 Ingredients List

  • ** For Cake **
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour,
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • ** For Easy Chocolate Frosting **
  • â…“ cup softened butter
  • â…“ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 -3/4 powdered sugar
  • â…“ cup cocoa

 Directions


** For Cake **

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch cake pan or 2 - 8 inch rounds if preparing a double layer.

In a large mixing bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Add butter, milk and vanilla. Beat with mixer on medium speed for 3-4 minutes, occasionally scraping sides of bowl. Add eggs, beat for 3 more minutes.

Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Turn out and cool thoroughly on wire racks before frosting.

Easy Chocolate Frosting

Using mixer. Cream butter, milk and vanilla together.

Combine powdered sugar and cocoa in separate bowl.

Add sugar/cocoa mixture to creamed butter mixture half at a time.

Add more milk if necessary, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency.

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