yellow cake recipe

Hi! I would love to make a yummy yellow cake from scratch. Tried two recipes over the past few months and they were dry. Does anyone have a great recipe? I already have an icing recipe.

TIA

Re: yellow cake recipe

Moist Yellow Cake

1 cup (2 sticks) of butter (room temperature)
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs (room temperature)
3 cups of sifted self-rising flour (White Lily)
1 cup of whole milk (room temperature)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (McCormicks)
1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
* Grease and flour (3) 8 inch cake pans.
* Using a mixer, cream butter until fluffy.
* Add sugar and continue to cream for about 7 minutes.
* Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each egg is added.
* Add flour and milk (alternating to creamed mixture), beginning and ending with flour.
* Add vanilla and butter flavoring to mix; until just mixed.
* Divide batter equally into three cake pans.
* Hold each layer about 3 inches above your counter and carefully drop the pans flat onto counter several times to ensure release of any air bubbles. This will help you have a more level cake.
* Bake for 25 – 30 minutes (depending on your oven) until done.
* Cool in pans for 5 – 10 minutes.
* Remove and immediately wrap each layer in plastic wrap to seal in moisture. Cool completely on wire racks.
* Once cooled, you are ready to assemble your cake.

Here’s a little trick to add moisture into your layers:

* Combine 1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of water.
* Bring to boil and boil for approximately 3 minutes. Let cool.
* Pour liquid into a spray bottle or pouring bottle.

Re: yellow cake recipe

Smitten Kitchen has a DELICIOUS recipe!

Re: yellow cake recipe

I know this sounds crazy but I made a yellow cake yesterday with duck eggs instead of chicken eggs, and it came out amazing! I use this crazy method where I weigh out 3 eggs, and use the same weight in butter, self raising flour, and sugar. Add some vanilla & milk if you need it and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. It sounds mental, but it works!

The duck egg yolks are really big and really yellow and rich.

Message edited 5/7/2011 12:38:18 PM.