Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Classic Vanilla Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #49 of 51 for crumb tenderness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 5 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.4★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 60% | 88% |
| total sugar | 88% | 181% |
| egg | 53% | 54% |
| leavener | 2% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 80% | 86% |
| dairy | 80% | 84% |
| 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.
| 110 g | 1/2 cup butter (unsalted (room temperature, 110g) $0.99) |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil (4 oz, $0.33) |
| 330 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (330g, $0.57) |
| 200 g | 4 eggs ($1.16) |
| 26 g | 2 Tbsp vanilla extract ($1.18) |
| 375 g | 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour* (375g, $0.58) |
| 8 g | 2 tsp baking powder ($0.07) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt ($0.02) |
| 300 g | 1 1/3 cups buttermilk (room temperature, (10.6 oz) $0.54) |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this for my sons 14th birthday and all of my family loved it! Great flavor, moist, fluffy and was perfect size. I did make this in a basic rectangle cake pan I steady of two rounds, just added a few mins to bake time. Thankyiu for sharing!” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this cake today and it was delicious. I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out perfectly. I will definitely make again and it is now my favourite vanilla cake to make. I also made the chocolate buttercream icing, super delicious.” — a cook, 5.0★