For the frosting, make your butter frosting, but beat it on med/high in a KitchenAid for a good 5-7 minutes. It'll become much more spreadable, and makes for a very tasty frosting - sweet and flavorful, but not cloyingly sweet.

Bitman

Thanks everyone- can't wait to try these out!

Does DS like coconut?
http://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/dinner-grounds-coconut-cake

The photo at the link does not match the actual recipe at all.

I've made the yellow cake at the link and it is very good. I frosted it with a White Mountain Cream frosting (an egg white frosting as you are toying with using). It is a lovely frosting.

While cake and frosting were each delicious, the overall experience was fairly bland. Next time I will be looking for higher contrast in flavor and texture for the frosting.

I posted in the chocolate cake thread about the Amy's Bread recipe, and I use her yellow cake recipe too. It's perfect. I use her buttercream recipe too when I do buttercream, which is a pretty standard version of it.

http://www.jamesbeard.org/recipes/amys-simply-delicious-yellow-cake-pink-buttercream-frosting

Also, the Cooks Illustrated for "Fluffy Yellow Cake" is the best for yellow, very light and airy.

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/316226-Fluffy-Yellow-Layer-Cake

Here is the Magnolia recipe (it is my go-to, as is the icing -- the conversion for making a cake instead of cupcakes is in the recipe)

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/MAGNOLIA-BAKERY-VANILLA-CUPCAKES-WITH-VANILLA-BUTTERCREAM-ICING-50055058

Baking illustrated. Has both. Also great explanations.

I can't link to it right now (and not sure if it's online) but the white cake recipe in the Magnolia Bakery cookbook is really good. It's made with lots of egg whites and vanilla (no almond extract).

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that while yellow cake has vanilla flavor, white cake has almond flavor.

Um, no.

Keep in mind that while yellow cake has vanilla flavor, white cake has almond flavor.

I like the yellow cake recipe from the Martha Stewart Baking Handbook. The recipe is here http://www.marthastewart.com/342396/yellow-butter-cake

And there is a very good swiss meringue buttercream recipe from that book too but I am not seeing it readily available online. Good Luck.

I make the Hershey's chocolate cake recipe with peppermint extract and crushed candy canes in the frosting for Christmas most years, but my DS only likes white/yellow cake and I don't have a similarly outstanding recipe for that.

Recommendations for a moist and not too sweet white or yellow cake recipe? Also would like a frosting recommendation. I find butter frosting too stiff and shortening frosting too gooey. Should I try egg white versions? Thanks!