Perfect Vanilla Cake
bakingamoment.com · 2026 · 8
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less sugar than 88% of recipes and less egg than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 86% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- Less egg than 84% of recipes: 43% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour (*)≈ 257 g
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour≈ 94 g
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 170 g
- 3 eggs ((large))≈ 150 g
- 1 cup sour cream ((plain, unsweetened Greek yogurt or buttermilk** can be substituted))≈ 230 g
- 1/3 cup milk≈ 81 g
- 1/3 cup oil≈ 73 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste ((vanilla extract may be substituted))≈ 8 g
flour 350 gbatter 1378 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 126 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Sugar86% · 12th percentile · median 108%
- Fat69% · 63rd percentile · median 66%
- Egg43% · 15th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid89% · 60th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.3% · 29th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.1% · 55th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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