Yellow cake perfection: Moist, fluffy layers and frosting that spreads like a dream
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Last week, I offered some ideas and recipes for back-so-school lunches. Among the recipes was one for a lovely “Super White Cake,” by Rosie Alyea, author of the recently released “The Sweetapolita Bakebook: 75 Fanciful Cakes, Cookies & More to Make & Decorate.”
While praise for the new white cake recipe came quickly, so did queries regarding whether I possessed an equally impressive yellow cake recipe. And as it happens, I do.
America Test Kitchen’s recipe for ‘Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting” bakes up moist and high and in terms of appearance, rivals the mouthwatering good looks of cakes that appear on the covers of best-selling cake mixes. But as far as boxed mixes go, looks alone can be deceiving , as boxed mixes, though popular, are filled with distasteful flavors and ingredients.
With few exceptions, true depth of flavor and richness can only be achieved via a scratch-made cake, and the folks at America’s Test Kitchen get that. They leave no stone unturned when developing a recipe, so it’s important to read all the notes provided within the recipe, including the very informative “why this recipe works” section.
