Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · The Best White Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
808 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 4.9★.
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 | 125% | 181% |
| egg | 94% | 54% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 76% | 86% |
| dairy | 76% | 84% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 85 g | 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened to room temperature |
| 145 g | 2/3 cup avocado oil, canola oil or vegetable oil |
| 400 g | 2 cup sugar |
| 13 g | 1 Tablespoon clear vanilla extract |
| 320 g | 2 2/3 cup + 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 12 g | 1 Tablespoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk (room temperature preferred) |
| 300 g | 6 large egg whites (room temperature) |
| Double batch Vanilla Buttercream Frosting ((click link for recipe)) |
Method: 15 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Perfect texture!!!!!! I’m so grateful for this recipe, the texture was so light and fluffy, not dense at all. Best of all, it used ingredients I always have on hand. No cake flour, no buttermilk, no heavy cream, etc. the cake also baked perfectly. It didn’t d” — a cook, 5.0★
“I was very impressed with this recipe!! Delicious cake and baked perfectly! It didnt dome or deflate! I was able to layer without trimming. Taste and consistency is superb. Definitely will be my go to for white cake!” — a cook, 5.0★