Yost Chocolate Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water
4 cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup heavy cream
½ cup butter at room temperature
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt

Nutrition Info

638.9 calories
carbohydrate: 92.6 g
cholesterol: 59 mg
fat: 29.6 g
fiber: 1.8 g
protein: 4.8 g
saturatedFat: 9.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 446.8 mg
sugar: 73.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan.

  2. Whisk buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to buttermilk mixture and whisk in hot water. Spread batter in prepared cake pan.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 35 minutes. Let cool.

  4. Beat confectioners' sugar, cream, butter, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl using an electric mixer until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread onto cooled cake.

Recipe Yield

1 frosted cake

Recipe Note

The famous Yost chocolate cake!

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