Perfect Vanilla Cake Recipe
houseofnasheats.com · 2025 · 16 servings
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less sugar than 92% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 59% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1/2 cup salted butter (room temperature)≈ 114 g
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
- 1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar300 g
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 200 g
- 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 2 2/3 cup (375g) all-purpose flour375 g
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk≈ 305 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 1/2 cups salted butter≈ 341 g
- 6 cups powdered sugar≈ 720 g
- 1/3 cup heavy cream ((milk will work in a pinch))≈ 79 g
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
flour 375 gbatter 1433 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.
- Sugar80% · 6th percentile · median 108%
- Fat59% · 27th percentile · median 66%
- Egg53% · 40th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid81% · 48th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.9% · 50th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.8% · 28th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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