Vanilla Sheet Cake Recipe
joyfoodsunshine.com · 2025 · 35 Servings
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
More sugar than 91% of recipes and more liquid than 96%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 91% of recipes: 131% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- More liquid than 96% of recipes: 138% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
- Less leavening than 79% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
Ingredients (15)
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour≈ 344 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup butter (melted)≈ 227 g
- 2 ¼ cups granulated sugar≈ 450 g
- 4 eggs (room temperature)≈ 200 g
- 1 cup sour cream (room temperature)≈ 230 g
- 1 cup whole milk (room temperature)≈ 244 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 ½ cups salted butter≈ 341 g
- 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
- 7.5 cups powdered sugar≈ 900 g
- ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons whole milk (or half and half, or heavy cream)≈ 92 g
flour 344 gbatter 1717 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.
- Sugar131% · 92nd percentile · median 108%
- Fat66% · 51st percentile · median 66%
- Egg58% · 57th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid138% · 97th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.1% · 19th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.9% · 39th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 28 to 33 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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