Vanilla Layer Cake

Ingredients (16)

• 3 cups cake flour≈ 342 g
• 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
• 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
• ¾ cup salted butter (, softened to room temperature )≈ 170 g
• ¼ cup vegetable oil ((or other neutral-flavored oil))≈ 55 g
• 1 ¼ cups buttermilk (, at room temperature, divided)≈ 305 g
• 2 large whole eggs (, at room temperature)≈ 100 g
• 4 large egg yolks (, at room temperature)≈ 72 g
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 5 ½ cups powdered sugar≈ 660 g
• 1 ½ cups butter (, softened at room temperature )≈ 341 g
• 6 tablespoons half and half or heavy cream≈ 89 g
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (, or vanilla bean paste)≈ 8 g
• ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g

flour 342 gbatter 1471 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.

• Sugar117% · 70th percentile · median 108%
• Fat66% · 50th percentile · median 66%
• Egg50% · 31st percentile · median 56%
• Liquid89% · 62nd percentile · median 82%
• Leavening3.8% · 48th percentile · median 3.9%
• Salt1.8% · 88th percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

32 to 35 minutes

median 28 minutes