Ingredients
Method
Make the cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease and flour a 9-inch round pan. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt the 1 stick of butter in the microwave. Whisk in both white and brown sugars vigorously until no lumps remain – mixture will be gritty. Whisk in the egg, yogurt, milk, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Slowly mix this wet mixture into the dry flour mixture until no lumps remain. Batter will be thick.
- Slowly fold in sprinkles, but do not overmix because that will cause the sprinkles to bleed their color into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
- This cake takes around 33-36 minutes to bake. What I suggest is to bake it for 20 minutes, then cover loosely with aluminum foil (loosely to avoid the top from sticking to the foil) and continue baking for 13-16 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, and then turn the cake out onto a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
Make the buttercream
- In a large bowl, with a hand or stand mixer, cream together sugar and butter on low speed. Mix until well blended. Increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes. Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for desired consistency.
- Once cake is completely cool, spread the buttercream evenly on cake + decorate with more sprinkles, if desired.
Notes
This cake turns out denser than a typical boxed mix, but gets softer and more delicious the next day. The buttercream recipe is from Recipe Girl and is excellent.
