Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Fluffy Vanilla Cake with Whipped Vanilla Bea
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
1 cooks on kristineskitchenblog.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 148% | 88% |
| total sugar | 254% | 181% |
| egg | 58% | 54% |
| leavener | 5% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 84% | 86% |
| dairy | 84% | 84% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 5 large egg whites (150g, at room temperature) |
| 50 g | 1 whole egg (at room temperature) |
| 244 g | 1 cup whole milk (at room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 345 g | 3 cups cake flour, sifted ((345g)) |
| 400 g | 2 cups sugar ((400g)) |
| 16 g | 4 teaspoons baking powder |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt |
| 170 g | 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into 24 pieces ((170g)) |
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter (softened) |
| 46 g | 3 tablespoons milk |
| 1 vanilla bean | |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| Pinch of salt | |
| 475 g | 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted ((475g )) |
Method: 12 steps, published by kristineskitchenblog.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is my go-to recipe! I’ve made 3 tiered birthday cakes, cupcakes, mini cupcakes and they all work well with time adjustments for the pan sizes! I also increased the vanilla for personal preference. When I was on the hunt for a reliable recipe that tasted g” — a cook, 5.0★