Best Yellow Cake Light Recipes

LIGHT AND FLUFFY YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment. Butter parchment, then flour pans, tapping out excess. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium-high speed until pale, 2 to 3 minutes. On medium speed, add eggs yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix, scraping down sides of bowl. On low speed, add the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two batches of buttermilk. Fold in egg whites. Stir with a rubber spatula until the batter is evenly blended.
• Divide batter between pans. Smooth the top of each layer with a small offset spatula.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool in pans on wire racks, 20 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cakes to loosen. Invert cakes from pans. Peel off parchment from cakes. Reinvert and let cool completely on racks.

YELLOW CAKE LIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray bottoms only of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans, dust with flour & set aside.
• Beat sugar, softened butter & vanilla with electric mixer at medium speed until very well blended (about 5 minutes).
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together (large glass mixing cup worked well).
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Divide the thick batter into the 2 prepared pans, spreading as evenly as possible.
• Sharply tap pans on counter (to disburse any bubbles) before placing in 350°F oven.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes, remove from pans, cool completely on racks.
• Place 1 cake layer on serving plate, frost with about 1/2 cup frosting, top with remaining layer, frost sides and top.

HEAVENLY LIGHT YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Place all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix until well blended.
• Spray a 9 X 13 cake pan with cooking spray.
• Pour cake mixture into the cake pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool completely.
• In a bowl, mix all the frosting ingredients until just combined, do not over mix.
• Spread frosting mixture over cooled cake.
• Refrigerate remaining cake.