Homemade Yellow Cake and Variations

I had to make a wedding cake. I usually use pound but my niece wanted a vanilla layer cake. I have a recipe but it is very light in texture. This recipe was delicious, moist and dense. It was firmer than a traditional layer cake but not as heavy as a pound. It was exactly what I needed. This recipe will replace my orginal recipe. It really was good.

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I absolutely love this recipe. I was asked to make a cake for my roommate's mom's thanksgiving dinner and so I've been looking for a good scratch recipe that would be moist and light and pair well with the ricotta cheese icing. This one works wonderfully. In fact, its actually replaced any other cake recipe I used before! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

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I needed a yellow cake recipe to use as an ingredient for Pineapple-Garlic Upside Down Cake. I cut this recipe in half, but made just as directed (ingredients & mixing instructions) for the yellow cake. This cake recipe is fabulous! The flavor is far better than any box mix would be & the texture is dense, moist and rises perfectly. Thanks for sharing, SweetsLady! :)

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Jan 08: I was asked to make a cake for a friend's baby shower, so (once again) I turned to SweetsLady for some inspiration! :) I used the yellow cake variation, iced with Wilton Buttercream Icing and everyone loved it! UPDATE: Made this recipe according to the new directions, and it turned out wonderfully. It rose a little higher and was a little fluffier, as well. Thanks, SweetsLady!

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This made a lovely three layer cake with good texture and moisture but there was something about the taste that didn't suit me. There was too much of a floury taste. Sorry I couldn't give it a higher rating but it just wasn't too good.

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I won't give this stars as something didn't work right. I had such high hopes, but mine didn't turn out like the pictures. I have to use an egg replacer due to allergies and unfortunately, this recipe didn't work well with it. I'm surprised b/c the egg replacer works GREAT with scratch recipes. The sides got cruncy, the center sunk while in the oven. I'm not sure if it ever rose, since I am not one to open the door until the timer goes off. I checked it and it wasn't quite done, but this isn't unusual with the egg replacer as it tends to add about 3-5 minutes to the baking time. The batter was yummy, but I didn't care for the taste after it baked. I ended up taking my chocolate cake recipe and adjusting it to make it a white cake - not sure why I didn't do that in the first place. That one rose and looks perfect, but I haven't tasted it yet so we'll see. Thanks for the recipe. I'm sorry it didn't work for us.

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Wow, what a wonderful cake. It was thick, dense, moist, tender and delicious. I love the texture of the cake, the crumb was perfect. I made the white cake variation and served it with a whipped frosting and MicelleS Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce 49068 . It was absolutely delicious. This is the best white cake I have made in awhile. Thanks so much for sharing.

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This is the first scratch cake I've made that was moist and thick. Very good, although I might add a little more sugar and a little less baking powder. I detected a bitter taste from the baking powder - 1 1/2 tablespoons seemed like too much.

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This was an excellent cake. Takes mroe time than the "box" version, but I think it was well worth it. I made this in 9 inch round pans for a layered cake.

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Very nice!! My DH just loves cake and I think this is one of his new faves!

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Great cake. Very tasty and great texture.

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A very rich and delicious cake recipe. I made this for my husband's birthday with a buttercream icing. He loved it, as did the other guests! It does make a thick, dense cake as described but that is how I like it. Thanks for the variations. I will try spice cake next I think.

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I think it was ok- unfortunately I think it was way too dense for my tastes. I like cake to be light and moist, this had more of a thick bread consistency. Probably won't make it again.

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This cake was delicious! I used to make boxed cakes for all occasions but I wanted to try yellow cake from scratch. This cake turned out great! I don't like using shortening so I subbed an equal part regular butter (total 3/4 cup.) I made my own mocha frosting for it which went very nicely.

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I made this for the Summer 2007 Pick A Chef Contest. I did not give this any stars since I messed it up by not cooking it long enough. If it is any consolation, my neighbor still ate all of it that was cooked. I am going to make this again and report back when I can. Thank you!!

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Easy to make and scrumptious to eat - made it as a cake for my son's 22nd birthday and put a choc frosting on top - I always find it hard to measure butter by the tablespoon so I probably overdid it as i am never very accurate - I worked it out as approx 3/4 cup of butter- anyway - it was a great success so many thanks to SweetsLady.

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I made this cake yesterday for my husband's birthday today and it is the best yellow cake that I have had in a long time! When it was baking in my 13 x 9 pan, I thought it was going to rise out of the pan but baked right to the rim of the pan. Frosted with chocolate icing and it was just delicious! Thanks for posting! This is going to be my only yellow cake recipe!

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I made this yesterday and talk about a great recipe...so dense and moist. There is so much batter I was afraid it was going to spill over in my oven but that never happened. My cooking time was 45 minutes and I used a brown sugar glaze after the cake was cooled. for sure this is a keeper! Thanks SweetsLady.

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