Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Birthday Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
53 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 79% | 88% |
| total sugar | 251% | 181% |
| egg | 30% | 54% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 0% | 86% |
| dairy | 68% | 84% |
| chocolate | 13% | 0% |
| 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.
| 227 g | 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (softened) |
| 600 g | 3 cups granulated sugar |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs (room temperature preferred) |
| 13 g | 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 500 g | 4 cups all-purpose flour ((may substitute 500g cake flour)) |
| 7 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 2 cups buttermilk1 (room temperature preferred) | |
| 1/2 cup colorful sprinkles2 | |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup unsalted butter (softened ) |
| 340 g | 12 oz cream cheese (softened ) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 656 g | 5 1/4 cups powdered sugar 656g |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup natural cocoa powder |
Method: 15 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This cake is yummy and fun with the sprinkles. The icing is delicious, and I didn't even add all the sugar. I probably added 3/4 the amount. Unfortunately, my cakes spilled over in the oven and then sunk when they came out. I guess I put too much in my pans. ” — a cook, 4.0★
“I am getting a new range/oven!!! yay! Just wanted to let you know I am the worst critic of my baking. I was told by several adult people (cuz ,my grandkids say this to me all the time) "this is the best cake I've eaten in my entire life". Can't get much better” — a cook, 5.0★