Vanilla Birthday Cake ($5!)
biggerbolderbaking.com · 2025 · 10 people
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less egg than 95% of recipes and less fat than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 95% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
- Less fat than 83% of recipes: 51% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
Ingredients (17)
- 2 ¼ cups (11 ¼ oz/319 g) all-purpose flour319 g
- 1½ cups (12 oz/360 g) granulated sugar360 g
- ¼ cup (1 oz/28 g) cornstarch28 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 2 large eggs (, at room temperature)≈ 100 g
- 1 cup (8 fl oz/240 ml) whole milk, at room temperature≈ 244 g
- ¾ cup (6 fl oz/180 ml) vegetable oil≈ 164 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- ¼ cup (1 oz/28 g) rainbow sprinkles, divided28 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 large egg whites ((2 oz/60 g))60 g
- 1 ⅓ cups (10 ½ oz/296 g) granulated sugar296 g
- ⅓ cup (2 ½ fl oz/80 ml) water, cold≈ 79 g
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup≈ 14 g
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar≈ 0.8 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
flour 319 gbatter 1269 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.
- Sugar113% · 60th percentile · median 108%
- Fat51% · 16th percentile · median 66%
- Egg31% · 4th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid77% · 38th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.3% · 67th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.4% · 74th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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