- prep: 2 hr
- cook: 40 min
- total: 2 hr 40 min
Summary
The ultimate birthday cake recipe! A classic yellow cake with a rich chocolate frosting and colorful sprinkles. The perfect flashback to your childhood.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs (room temperature)
- 2 tsp clear vanilla extract (*)
- 1 cup whole milk (room temperature)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
- 1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder (sifted)
- 6 oz good quality semi-sweet chocolate (chopped, melted, cooled)
- 2-4 Tbsp whole milk (room temperature)
- birthday sprinkles
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 680 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 32 g 49.6%
- Saturated Fat: 20 g 99.14%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 93 mg 30.97%
- Sodium: 271 mg 11.28%
- Calcium: 57 mg 5.68%
- Potassium: 41 mg 1.18%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 6.81%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 98 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 5.72%
- Sugar: 74 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 17.14%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0.31%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat6
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs5
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq