Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Vanilla Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from www.livewellbakeoften.com
It ranks #5 of 51 for crumb tenderness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 11 cooks on www.livewellbakeoften.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 | 165% | 88% |
| total sugar | 272% | 181% |
| egg | 58% | 54% |
| leavener | 2% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 86% | 86% |
| dairy | 86% | 84% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 345 g | 3 cups (345 grams) cake flour ((spooned & leveled)) |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons baking powder |
| Â1/2 teaspoon baking soda | |
| Â1/2 teaspoon salt | |
| 245 g | 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk ((room temperature)) |
| Â1/4 cup (60 ml) canola or vegetable oil | |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract |
| 230 g | 1 cup (2 sticks, or 230 grams) unsalted butter ((softened)) |
| 400 g | 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs ((room temperature)) |
| 340 g | 1 Â1/2 cups (3 sticks, or 340 grams) unsalted butter ((softened)) |
| 540 g | 4 Â1/2 cups (540 grams) powdered sugar |
| 52 g | 3 to 4 tablespoons (45 ml) heavy whipping cream or milk |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract |
| Tiny pinch of salt |
Method: 14 steps, published by www.livewellbakeoften.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This cake is such a keeper: I get rave reviews -- and empty plates -- every time I make it. I had a few other vanilla layer cakes in rotation, but this one wins hands-down for flavor, texture, and least fussy to make! (No hot milk or reverse creaming like some” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hi! My friend wants an earl grey cake for her birthday and I canât seem to find any good recipes. I was wondering if you think I could use this vanilla cake recipe and then add some early grey flavours like infuse the buttermilk with earl grey tea or add som” — a cook, 5.0★