Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Along with so many of my desserts, this Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is now joining the list.

You can never go wrong with a classic moist and buttery Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream.

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I am very simple when it comes to my cakes. I don’t really like cakes that has fancy fillings; I’m not too crazy about fondant; and if a cake looks too pretty I don’t like to eat it because I feel that I am messing up a masterpiece. I like my cakes simple and rustic. Also, I am not too crazy about cakes that has a lot of icing. In fact, if a cake has too much icing, I will scrap most of it off and leave a thin layer that is just enough for flavor. I guess you can say I am more of a cake person than an icing person.

In fact, my ultimate favorite cake is a traditional white Birthday Cake with Buttercream Icing and I mean buttery buttercream. Not that whipped icing that is made with sugar and lard called buttercream. Trust me, I know the difference. I am a buttercream connoisseur. Next to Birthday Cake, my favorite cake is a traditional Butter Pound Cake. It’s simple and not to overwhelming. But next to that, I will always go for Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing. ALWAYS.

 

BTW…Taste of Elegance has the best Birthday Cake with Buttercream Frosting.

I have an emotional connection to Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. It reminds me of my childhood. Every Sunday, my mom would make a pretty hefty comforting meal for us after church. She would make Homemade Fried Chicken, Fried Pork Chops, Pot Roast, or Fried Fish with a bunch of side dishes and always Cornbread. For dessert, she would also make Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting. Sure, it was from a box typically, but when she made dessert, particular this cake recipe, it always made us feel a bit nostalgic after a hefty meal.

 

I think this Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe combination is genius.

 

Now, I have a similar recipe on my blog, which is the White Texas Sheet Cake with Chocolate Frosting. I didn’t realize until after I made this recipe that I had something on my blog that is similar to something else that is already popular on my blog. I even debated if I should put this recipe on my blog out of concern that it would confuse people. Then I thought about it, the two recipes, although similar in concept, isn’t similar in terms of recipe.

The White Texas Sheet Cake isn’t as fluffy as thus Yellow Sheet Cake recipe. The cake textures are a little different from one another and the Chocolate Frosting from my sheet cake recipe is more fudgy than this Chocolate Buttercream Frosting in this recipe. So I guess you will make one or the other based upon what you like. Well, also if you want a regular sheet cake or an actual Texas Sheet, which is thinner.

Either way, you can’t go wrong with this Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. It’s the perfect dessert to compliment a delicious comfort meal.

 

Chocolate Frosting recipe adapted from Food Network

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