Yost Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot water
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch cake pan.

Whisk buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to buttermilk mixture and whisk in hot water. Spread batter in prepared cake pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 35 minutes. Let cool.

Beat confectioners' sugar, cream, butter, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl using an electric mixer until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread onto cooled cake.