Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Black and White Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
It ranks #2 of 51 for crumb tenderness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 41 cooks on preppykitchen.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 | 312% | 88% |
| total sugar | 1100% | 181% |
| egg | 75% | 54% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 178% | 86% |
| dairy | 178% | 84% |
| chocolate | 79% | 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.
| 200 g | 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon baking soda (heaping) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder (heaping) |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup butter (unsalted, room temperature) |
| 39 g | 3 tablespoons vanilla extract |
| 150 g | 3 egg whites (room temperature) |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup sour cream (room temperature) |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup milk (room temperature) |
| 16 g | 3 tablespoons cocoa powder |
| 227 g | 1 cup butter (unsalted) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups confectioners sugar |
| 26 g | 2 tablespoons vanilla extract |
| 60 g | 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (You'll probably use less) |
| 227 g | 1 cup butter (unsalted, room temperature) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups confectioners sugar |
| 60 g | 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (You'll probably use less) |
| 113 g | 4 oz semi sweet chocolate (melted) |
| 28 g | 1/3 cup cocoa powder |
Method: 27 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this for a birthday. Easy to make, delicious moist cake, easy to work with icing. Made a great impression when the cake was cut and the layers revealed. A hit all around.” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hi, if I wanted to make the recipe in a 7.8 inch cake pans.. what the correct amount for the recipe? Thank you Karin” — a cook, 5.0★