Yellow Layer Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 6 cups pillsbury plus yellow cake mix (eachbox of cake mix yields 3 cups dry mix)
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered unsweetened cocoa
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 grease and flour two 9" round cake pans. combine sugar, oil, water, eggs and cake mix in a large bowl. add sour cream and mix thoroughly. pour batter into the prepared cake pans. back at 350 for 45-55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out celan. cool layers in pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes; remove from pans by inverting onto wire rack, and continue to cool.
• 3 makes one double layer cake.
• 4 for frosting:.
• 5 cream butter well in a large bowl. add cocoa and powdered sugar, mix at low speed and add milk. beat until creamy. place on cake layer on a plate and spread icing evenly over the top. set the second layer on top of the first and spread icing on the sides and top of the cake.