Easy Yeast Cake Recipe (with Chocolate)

5 from 2 votes

Easy Yeast Cake Recipe (with Chocolate)

Easy Yeast Cake Recipe (with Chocolate) is an old fashioned cake recipe made with yeast, shortening, and melted chocolate bars. Totally decadent with a brown butter frosting. A little patience is all you need to wait for the yeast to do its magic.

Prep Time40

Cook Time50

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cake, Chocolate, yeast

Servings: servings

Calories: 385kcal

Author: Lora

Equipment

Ingredients

For the cake:

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups milk
¼ cup water
1 cup shortening
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate melted (I used 2 squares of baking chocolate)
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs

For the frosting:

¼ cup butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 Tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

For the cake:

In large mixer bowl, combine flour, yeast, brown sugar, sugar, soda and salt; mix well. In saucepan, heat milk and water to 120-130°F; add to flour mixture.
Add shortening, chocolate, vanilla and eggs. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
Pour into bundt pan (or 13 x 9-inch pan which has been greased on the bottom only). Cover; let rise in warm place 30 minutes.
While cake is rising, preheat to 350 F. Bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes until top springs back when touched lightly in center.
Cool completely. Remove from bundt pan onto cake plate and frost with Brown Butter Frosting.

For the frosting:

Melt butter or margarine until golden brown. Add to powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Mix until of spreading consistency. Adjust with more milk of it's too thick or more powdered sugar if it's too thin.

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