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Vanilla Cake Recipe

Name: Vanilla Cake Recipe
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups; Baking powder 1 tbsp; Fine Salt ½ tsp; Unsalted butter 1 cup; Granulated sugar 1 ½ cups; Large eggs 4; Vanilla extract 4 tsp; Buttermilk 1 cup; Vanilla buttercream frosting 5 cups

Birthday Cake

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1h 50m
Serves 14
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

	1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
	1 tbsp Baking powder
	½ tsp Fine Salt
	1 cup Unsalted butter softened
	1 ½ cups Granulated sugar
	4 Large eggs at room temperature
	4 tsp Vanilla extract
	1 cup Buttermilk or plain kefir, at room temperature
	5 cups Vanilla buttercream frosting

Nutritional information

313

Calories

15g

Fat

40g

Carbohydrates

Protein

84mg

Cholesterol

122mg

Sodium

Ingredients

1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
1 tbsp Baking powder
½ tsp Fine Salt
1 cup Unsalted butter
softened
1 ½ cups Granulated sugar
4 Large eggs
at room temperature
4 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Buttermilk
or plain kefir, at room temperature
5 cups Vanilla buttercream frosting

Vanilla Cake Recipe

Vanilla Cake Recipe is an elegant, moist, and fluffy cake that is perfect for any celebration. This cake has a pillowy soft crumb and an intense vanilla flavor. The cake layers are vanilla cake, and it is topped with vanilla buttercream frosting for a classic combination that is hard to beat.

Though the preparation of this cake is pretty easy, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First, bring all the ingredients to room temperature before you begin baking. Make sure to butter and flour your cake pans before baking. And finally, remember to cool the cake layers completely before frosting. Top the cake off with rainbow sprinkles and candles and you’ve got a birthday cake. Classic and delicious! Enjoy!

Looking for other birthday cake recipes? Here are some of our favorites:
Hummingbird Cake
Russian Honey Cake
Coconut Sour Cream Cake

To make this Vanilla Cake Recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Vanilla Cake Recipe

1	Preheat oven and prepare cake pans	2
Preheat the oven to 350 °F and butter and flour 2 9-inch cake pans.
2	Combine dry ingredients	1
In a bowl, whisk together 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon fine salt.
3	Beat butter and sugar	5
Using a hand mixer on medium-high speed, beat 1 cup softened unsalted butter with 1 ½ cup granulated sugar until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes.
4	Add eggs	2
Beat in 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition, scrape down the bowl as needed.
5	Add vanilla extract	1
Add in 4 teaspoons vanilla extract and beat to combine.
6	Add flour mixture and buttermilk	3
Reduce the mixer to medium speed and alternate adding the flour mixture and 1 cup buttermilk to the butter mixture, mixing until just combined after each addition. Do not overmix!
7	Divide batter	1
Evenly divide batter between 2 cake pans and smooth out the top with a spatula.
8	Bake	30
Bake in the middle rack for 28-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
9	Cool	1h
Allow cakes to cool in their pans for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
10	Frost	5
Place one of the cakes on a platter and spread a generous layer of frosting on top and smooth it out into an even layer. Cover with the second cake top-side down and spread the remaining frosting on the top and sides of the cake.
11	Serve
Decorate as desired, slice and serve.

Whether you are celebrating a birthday or just another Friday, this Vanilla Cake Recipe fits the bill. Give this recipe a try and let us know how it went in the comments below.

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.