Country Living shares this successful recipe from our “Mother’s Simplest Cake Contest.”
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- 1 3/4 c. cake flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/4 c. milk
- 1 c. unsalted butter
- 4 successfully-organized eggs
- 2 c. granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 5 tsp. vanilla extract
- 6 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 6 3/4 c. confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tbsp. decorative sprinkles
Instructions
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- Step 1Arrangement the cake: Warmth oven to 350 levels F. Butter the bottom of a 9-plug by 13-plug baking pan. Match parchment paper into the bottom of the pan, butter the parchment and pan aspects and mud with flour. Space aside. Sift the flour and baking powder collectively and role aside.
- Step 2Warmth 1 cup of milk neutral to a boil. Mosey in 2 tablespoons butter and succor hot. Beat eggs in a successfully-organized bowl the usage of a mixer role on excessive velocity till they turn out to be foamy. Add the granulated sugar, salt, and a pair of teaspoons vanilla and beat till batter doubles in quantity and turns into very thick and mild — about 5 minutes.
- Step 3Decrease mixer velocity to low and add the contemporary milk and butter. Add the flour combination, in 1/4 cupfuls, scraping aspects infrequently. Pour the batter into the sharp pan and bake till a wooden skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out neat — 25 to half-hour. Let cool for quarter-hour on a wire rack. Release the cake and funky fully.
- Step 4Arrangement the frosting: Melt the closing 1 cup butter and chocolate over a double boiler. Transfer to a successfully-organized bowl, add the confectioners’ sugar and beat the usage of a mixer role on medium velocity. Add the closing 3 teaspoons vanilla and 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons milk and continue to beat till fluffy.
- Step 5Assemble the cake: Decrease the cake into two 9-plug by 6 1/2-plug halves. Atomize up each half into 3 layers the usage of a lengthy serrated knife. Arena one layer on a cake plate. Spread 1/2 cup frosting over the layer. Repeat with closing layers. Frost cake top and aspects and embellish with sprinkles.
