Grain-free, Vegan + Paleo options 💛
Happy Friday, Friends!🎉
My very first birthday cake, or I should say the very first cake I have memory of, was a beautiful and traditional chocolate frosted 2 layer yellow cake. More than likely, of the Duncan Hines variety. It was so delicious looking, that I smashed my 4 year old hand right though it!
And I would have smashed this one too, except that my age has unfortunately brought with it civilized behavior—which is totally overrated, by the way. All kidding aside, this traditional yellow cake will bring you right back to your youth with it’s moist texture + buttery vanilla flavor along with an irresistible rich + velvety chocolate frosting. An absolutely delicious classic!😋
Tips for today:
-The Paleo recipe as well as the Vegan recipes are at the end of the post, just keep scrolling down.
-We used this 8×8 baking dish for the cake pictured.
-Make sure to let your cake cool first before removing it from the pan.
–Color Kitchen makes gluten-free, dye-free sprinkles.
-You can use a drop of yellow food coloring in the cake batter for a true yellow. Color Kitchen has a dye-free variety.
Enjoy the recipe + Happy Baking!😊
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Total Time: about an hour
- Yield: 10 slices 1x
Description
*This is our traditional Grain-Free Yellow Cake, scroll down for paleo and vegan versions or click here for our low-carb yellow cupcakes.
Ingredients
Instructions
Keywords: grainfree, glutenfree, dairyfree, yellowcake, chocolatefrosting, birthdaycake
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting (paleo version)
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 35
- Total Time: about an hour
- Yield: 8-10 slices 1x
Ingredients
Instructions
Keywords: grainfree, paleo, glutenfree, dairyfree, yellowcake, chocolate, birthdaycake
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting (vegan version)
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Total Time: about an hour
- Yield: 8-10 slices 1x
Description
*Making these as cupcakes is a great option if you’re short on time–a pretty swirl of frosting on top and they are birthday ready! Make sure to let them cool completely before removing them from the cupcake tin.
Ingredients
Instructions
Keywords: grainfree, vegan, glutenfree, dairyfree, yellowcake, chocolate, birthdaycake
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I can’t tell you have badly I would love a piece of this cake right now! The texture looks incredibly perfect. The color speaks volumes about how delicious it tastes. And of course the chocolate frosting on top completes it all! You have outdone yourself with this one and I can’t wait for my family to try it 🙂
Oh you are the sweetest Noelle, thank you!! 😀 I wish I could send the whole cake over!! I was really excited that this turned out, I had missed that yellow cake flavor so much!! I hope you guys love the recipe!
Catherine, that gorgeous yellow cake looks so moist and I love that texture! Oh and that frosting is to die for! I want some like right now!!! Comin’ over my dear! Happy Weekend!
How kind you are dear Kim! Thank you so much! And come on over, I’ll put on a pot of tea but you have to bring your Irish Cream Chocolate Brownies with you!! 😀
This is probably a silly question but it’s late and my histamine intolerance has been in overdrive lately, so I’m itchy and super fatigued. For a layer cake I would need to double this recipe, correct? I’m baking a 5-layer 6″ round unicorn witch cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday this coming week.
That’s not a silly question at all! I would definitely recommend doubling the recipe. The batter rises well in the oven, so each layer can be pretty thin to start with. And what a great idea for a Halloween Birthday Cake! 😀
Thank you for such a quick reply! I’m looking forward to trying this. She and I made the funfetti cupcakes this morning to take to her class Monday and they look and smell fantastic. We’ll be piping short monster fur on half and mummy bandages on the other. The teacher requested as little sugar as possible so we’ll go for the magic shell for my older daughter’s birthday in December.
Oh how fun! 😀 I bet everyone will love the monster and mummy cupcakes!! I love baking the funfetti cupcakes too, they really do smell so yummy right out of the oven. I hope your daughter will love the magic shell version for her birthday and hope you guys love the yellow cake as well!!
I made the paleo version and the consistency was spongy-rubbery. There was no crumb to it. I wondered if adding 1 or 2 eggs would have improved the crumb?
Thank you.
Jill, thank you for your comment and I am so sorry, but there was a misprint on the paleo version of this recipe that must have occurred when changing our recipe card format. We are very careful to avoid these kinds of errors, I hope you’ll accept our apology. We’ve gone in and updated the paleo version of this recipe so that it is correct. You’ll find that there are a few changes and I can assure you this will be much better as well as delicious!! Thank you for bearing with us and we hope you’ll try it again if you have the chance and would like to.
Really excited to try the vegan version this weekend! It’s a friends birthday and he really wanted a classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Will definitely send an updated comment, once we’ve made it. 🙂
I hope you both will love it, thank you so much!! And a very Happy Birthday to your friend! ;D