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Single Serve Yellow Cake With Chocolate Frosting (from scratch)

Tender and fluffy, yellow cake made from scratch with a rich and luscious chocolate frosting. This single serve cake recipe is tender, soft and delicious.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Decoration Time 10 minutes
Course Cake, Cupcake, Dessert, tea time
Cuisine American
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Whisk
  • Heavy bottom sauce pot
  • Rubber spatula
  • 4/5inch round cake tin
  • Offset spatula
  • Knife

Ingredients
  

Yellow Cake -

  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp corn flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp buttermilk

Chocolate Frosting -

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp dark chocolate
  • 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • Pinch of salt

Decorate with rainbow sprinkles (optional)

Instructions
 

To make the yellow cake -

  • Preheat the oven to 180℃ and line a 4/5 inch cake tin with oil and baking paper, set aside.
  • In a small mixing bowl add the flour, corn flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and stir together, set aside.
  • In another mixing bowl add the butter and sugar, beat well until creamy and pale. Add the vanilla, egg and whisk until smooth.
  • Add half the dry ingredients and the buttermilk, mix until almost combined and finish with the remaining dry ingredients.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake the cake for 20-25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before decorating.

To make the chocolate frosting -

  • We start by adding all the ingredients into a heavy bottom sauce pan and placing on low heat.
  • Stir in-between making sure the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Do not over cook or over mix and take it off the heat.
  • Let it cool completely (around 1 hour) before using.

Assembly -

  • Divide the cooled cake into half so you have two even layers.
  • Place one layer on a small plate and top with 2 tbsp of frosting.
  • Spread it out evenly and place the second layer of cake on top.
  • Add the remaining frosting on top of the cake and spread it around the sides and the top.
  • I like leaving the frosting rustic and finishing the cake with rainbow sprinkles. Slice and serve or just bite into it.

Notes

  • Do not over mix the cake batter, once all the dry. Ingredients are combined stop mixing and bake it.
  • Check out my detailed blog on the chocolate frosting for more information