Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Perfect Yellow Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from thewoksoflife.com
It ranks #50 of 51 for crumb tenderness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 7 cooks on thewoksoflife.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 31% | 88% |
| total sugar | 97% | 181% |
| egg | 54% | 54% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 98% | 86% |
| dairy | 98% | 84% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 360 g | 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar ((360g)) |
| 68 g | 5 tablespoons vegetable oil ((75 ml)) |
| 45 g | 3 tablespoons butter ((45g, at room temperature)) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs ((at room temperature)) |
| 100 g | 2 egg yolks ((at room temperature)) |
| 17 g | 4 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 58 g | 1/4 cup sour cream ((at room temperature)) |
| 370 g | 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour ((370g)) |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon turmeric ((optional)) |
| 306 g | 1 1/4 cup buttermilk ((at room temperature)) |
Method: 8 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Underrated, indeed! I loved this cake - it is the perfect yellow cake recipe for me, and I’ve tried many. I made sure the ingredients were room temp and I used real buttermilk (I don’t find the DIY buttermilk substitutes to be any good in baking. Also, a tip: ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I must say, this is one of the best yellow cakes I've ever tasted! Kudos to you! I will definitely be using this as my go to yellow cake. Thank you!” — a cook, 5.0★