Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Yellow Cake with Rich Chocolate Buttercream
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 51 for rise among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 9 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 72% | 88% |
| total sugar | 128% | 181% |
| egg | 64% | 54% |
| leavener | 1% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 78% | 86% |
| dairy | 78% | 84% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk ((see note)) |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 314 g | 2 3/4 cups cake flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off) |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| Heaping 1/2 teaspoon salt | |
| 227 g | 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened |
| Rich Chocolate Buttercream |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this cake for my grandson's 4th birthday, and it was a big hit. Used your rich chocolate buttercream using milk chocolate for the icing, but made it smooth instead of swirly and decorated the top with m&ms. It was a big hit. I'm interested to know ” — a cook, 5★
“This cake was fabulous! And turned out as described -- tender! I've tried so many cake recipes. And making a cake for each of my seven children's birthdays has given me plenty of tries! This one was everything a vanilla cake should be!! Perfect texture, delici” — a cook, 5★