Vanilla Layer Cake

I have my go-to white cake recipe, it’s Martha Stewart and I have used it for years and love it. It is the BEST cake! However, sometimes I don’t want to separate and whip up 8 egg whites, so it’s good to also have a basic butter, or vanilla cake in the repertoire as well. I didn’t really have a go-to prior to this year but I think this one may be in the running!

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I needed to make a cake for a co-worker and so looked around for a basic yellow cake recipe. This vanilla cake looked like it would do the trick. I was right. It baked up easily and beautifully and tasted great! I actually then ended up making it again for another friend a week later. She wanted a “smash cake” for her 1 year old’s birthday party. For this I cut the recipe in half and baked it in two 6-inch cake pans. This worked great! The perfect size, and super cute if I do say so myself!

I will definitely make this cake again if I need a good basic vanilla cake. Birthdays, holidays, etc. It will be good for anything and everything!

Vanilla Cake
From Liv For Cake
Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 1/4 tsp baking powder

  • 3/4 tsp salt

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature

  • 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar

  • 3 large eggs room temperature

  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

  • 1 cup buttermilk or whole milk, room temperature

Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 8" cake rounds and line with parchment.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Set aside.

Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on med-high until pale and fluffy (about 3mins). Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time fully incorporating after each addition. Add vanilla.

Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour (3 additions of flour and 2 of milk). Fully incorporating after each addition.

Bake for 30-35mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean.

Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting.