Yost Chocolate Cake

Yost Chocolate Cake

Recipe by Joy Yost from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 55 Mins.

Ingredients

12

12 servings

  • 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

Instructions

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

Nutritional Facts

Per 12 servings

  • Calories: 639
  • Carbohydrate: 93g
  • Fat: 30g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 5g
  • Sugar: 74g

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