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Vanilla Cake
Vanilla Cake is a classic dessert made with butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and leavened with baking powder. The batter creates a tender crumb with balanced sweetness and vanilla flavor, baked in two pans and topped with rich buttercream frosting.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings:
12
servings
Calories:
461 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter unsalted
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 3 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk room temperature, whole
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- buttercream frosting recipe, classic
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour two 8 inch cake pans.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt then set aside.
- To your stand mixer add the butter and sugar and beat them together until light and fluffy on medium speed, 2-3 minutes, then add in the eggs one at a time 15 seconds apart along with the vanilla then lower the speed to low. Add the flour mixture and milk, alternating a little of each at a time.
- Pour into the cake pans evenly and bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Once cakes are cooled frost them with your buttercream frosting.
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Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for best batter consistency and rising.
- Ensure cake layers are fully cooled before applying buttercream frosting to prevent melting.
- The recipe pairs well with a classic buttercream frosting detailed separately.
Nutrition Information
Calories
461kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
67g
(22%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
73mg
(24%)
Sodium
193mg
(8%)
Potassium
159mg
(3%)
Sugar
47g
(94%)
Vitamin A
445IU
(9%)
Calcium
70mg
(7%)
Iron
1.4mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 461
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 461kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 67g | 22% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 73mg | 24% |
| Sodium | 193mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 159mg | 3% |
| Sugar | 47g | 94% |
| Vitamin A | 445IU | 9% |
| Calcium | 70mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.