Ginny’s Chocolate Chip Cake with Classic Chocolate Buttercream

Name: Ginny’s Chocolate Chip Cake with Classic Chocolate Buttercream
Yield: Serves 9 to 12
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ cups granulated sugar; ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 tablespoon baking powder, preferably aluminum-free; ¼ cups unbleached (all-purpose) flour; 1¾ cups cake flour (not self-rising); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup whole milk; 1 recipe Classic Chocolate Buttercream; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 4 large eggs, at room temperature; ½ cup packed light brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
9 to 12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Back in the Day Bakery Made With Love

By Cheryl Day and Griffith Day

Published 2015

About

Griff’s mom always baked a cake at the beginning of each week for her family to snack on. As one of the favorites at the Day household, this recipe was at the front of her recipe box. It’s a simple, quick cake that’s frosted generously with chocolate buttercream.

Ingredients

1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1¾ cups</

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan, then line with parchment, leaving an overhang on the two long sides of the pan.