Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting

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Vanilla cake with chocolate frosting is a light, moist and fluffy classic vanilla cake covered with a rich and creamy chocolate frosting. It's the perfect birthday cake.

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Preheat the oven to 350 F (177 C). Lightly grease and line the bottom of (2) 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt until well combined.

Step 1:  

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whisk in the eggs together on medium-high for 2 - 3 minutes.  The eggs should lighten and thicken in texture. Reduce the speed to low and slowly add the sugar to the egg mixture. Once all the sugar has been added, increased the mixing speed to medium-high for an additional 1 - 2 minutes or until the eggs and sugar reach the ribbon stage.

Step 2:  

Heat the butter and milk in the microwave for about 2 minutes. The butter should be melted and the milk should be very warm but not scalded. Once all the dry ingredients have been added slowly add the warm milk and butter mixture to the cake batter. Finally, mix the vanilla extract into the warm milk cake batter on low until the vanilla extract and any stray dry ingredients are incorporated into the cake batter.

Step 3:  

Evenly pour the vanilla cake batter into the prepared pans. Bake the cakes for 30 - 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.

Step 4:  

Cool the cakes in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pan to cool completely on a cooling rack. Loosely wrap the cakes in plastic wrap to chill in the fridge for an hour.

Step 5:  

While the cakes cool, make the chocolate frosting. Cream the butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Mix in the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon milk and salt. Mix on low until mostly combined. Increase the speed to medium for 1 minute. If needed, mix in up to 2 teaspoons additional milk. Mix well to combine.

Step 6:  

Assemble the cake. Frost the cake with chocolate frosting to make the crumb coat. Chill the cake for 30 miniutes. Frost the rest of the cake, top with sprinkles and enjoy. 

Step 7:  

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