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Copycat Entenmann's Cake

Ingredients
  

  • Cake
  • 4 large eggs + 2 large egg yolks
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups cake flour
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • 8 tablespoons butter softened
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • Frosting make another half batch if you love chocolate frosting!
  • 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar sifted
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ cup butter at room temperature (I use salted butter)
  • ¼ cup hot water
  • 2 ounces semisweet chocolate melted
  • Optional, sprinkle crushed Butterfingers on top

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Line 13 x 9-inch baking pan with nonstick foil.
  • Whisk together the eggs and yolks, buttermilk, and vanilla. Set aside.
  • Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer.
  • Whisk the mixture together. Then switch to the paddle attachment.
  • Add butter and oil and mix at low speed to combine, then increase the speed and mix until light and fluffy.
  • Reduce speed to low and slowly add the egg mixture.
  • Once eggs are incorporated, scrape down the bottom of the mixer bowl.
  • Beat on medium-high 3 minutes.
  • Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
  • Rap pan on counter to tap out air bubbles.
  • Bake for 28 to 32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with only a few crumbs. Cool completely on a rack.

Frosting

  • Beat powdered sugar, cocoa powder, butter and hot water in the bowl of a stand mixer fit with the whisk attachment.
  • Mix on low to combine, then increase the speed to medium.
  • Mix about a minute until the mixture is smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, mix briefly, then add the chocolate.
  • Mix on low until combined, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed, then let the frosting sit at room temperature until spreadable, about 30-40 minutes.
  • Frost cake, then chill to let the frosting firm up.