Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · The Most Amazing White Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
197 cooks on thestayathomechef.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 | 142% | 88% |
| total sugar | 276% | 181% |
| egg | 75% | 54% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 94% | 86% |
| dairy | 94% | 84% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 cup salted butter (, softened) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons almond extract |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup sour cream (, room temperature) |
| 300 g | 6 egg whites (, room temperature) |
| 245 g | 1 cup milk or buttermilk (, room temperature) |
| 399 g | 3 1/2 cups cake flour |
| 16 g | 4 teaspoons baking powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups salted butter (, softened) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons almond extract |
| 800 g | 4 cups powdered sugar |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon milk |
Method: 10 steps, published by thestayathomechef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Surprised me completely- trying a new recipe is a tad scary, But, I Love this White Cake, very tender crumb, cooked beautifully exactly as directions. I made this for a friend who loves plain white cake which I have not found in stores. It looks like it is a ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made your most Amazing Vanilla Cake recently and I thoroughly loved it!!! I am going to try to make your white cake next. I just wanted to ask if I can turn this luscious Cake into a coconut cake? I will certainly do the original white first but I was jus” — a cook, 5.0★