Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Yellow Cake
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
2,875 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 | 173% | 88% |
| total sugar | 375% | 181% |
| egg | 88% | 54% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 107% | 86% |
| dairy | 107% | 84% |
| chocolate | 29% | 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.
| 400 g | 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour ((400g)) |
| 42 g | 1/3 cup cornstarch ((42g)) |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon baking powder |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature (170g)) |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar ((400g)) |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup vegetable oil ((80mL)) |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs (room temperature) |
| 150 g | 3 large egg yolks (room temperature) |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 368 g | 1 1/2 cup buttermilk (room temperature (360mL)) |
| 450 g | 2 cups unsalted butter (divided (450g)) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder ((25g)) |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup whole milk ((60ml)) |
| 1100 g | 5 to 6 cups powdered sugar ((600-720g)) |
| 90 g | 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips ((90g)) |
Method: 12 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Excelent cake!! It's moist, soft and delicious. I Live in Denver and it's hard to find a recipe that will work because of the altitude and this one was perfect! I didn't make any changes. Also I'm trying to bake cakes from scratch becuase the mixes you find a” — a cook, 5.0★
“I live abroad and europe and can't find yellow cake anywhere. My partner made this recipe for my birthday this year and it was a wonderful taste of home, not too sweet which i was afraid of!” — a cook, 5.0★