Super-Moist Yellow Cake With Rich Chocolate Frosting

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An easy Moist Yellow Cake recipe. This is my favorite recipe in the book. I use this cake more than 85% of the time. It's always delicious. The Soft as Silk brand of cake flour gives best results.

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Ingredients

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces, plus more for pans

3 cups (345 g) cake flour

¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt

4 large eggs, room temperature

2 large egg yolks, room temperature

1½ cups buttermilk, room temperature

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

4 cups (440 g) powdered sugar

1½ cups (126 g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

1½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

¾ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt

¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp. (or more) buttermilk, room temperature