Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Best Vanilla Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
14 cooks on www.eatingonadime.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 73% | 88% |
| total sugar | 215% | 181% |
| egg | 22% | 54% |
| leavener | 0% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 33% | 86% |
| dairy | 33% | 84% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 cup butter (softened) |
| 400 g | 2 cups white sugar |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla |
| 930 g | 31/4 cup self rising flour |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk |
| 454 g | 2 cups unsalted butter ((softened) ) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 1600 g | 8 cups powdered sugar |
| 61 g | 4 tablespoons milk |
| sprinkles ((optional) ) |
Method: 16 steps, published by www.eatingonadime.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this cake and my family loved it! It was easy to make, I put my homemade buttercream recipe on it and it went really well with it. Will definitely make this one again!!!!” — a cook, 5.0★
“Just made this recipe, but substituted the milk with apple cider, and added allspice and cinnamon to the batter before baking! Needed some fall flavor! Thank you!!” — a cook, 5.0★