Vanilla Cake Recipe

Ingredients (14)

• 3 cups (345 grams) cake flour ((spooned & leveled))345 g
• 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
• ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
• ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
• 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk ((room temperature))≈ 244 g
• ¼ cup (60 ml) canola or vegetable oil≈ 55 g
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
• 1 cup (2 sticks, or 230 grams) unsalted butter ((softened))230 g
• 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar400 g
• 4 large eggs ((room temperature))≈ 200 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1 ½ cups (3 sticks, or 340 grams) unsalted butter ((softened))340 g
• 4 ½ cups (540 grams) powdered sugar540 g
• 3 to 4 tablespoons (45 ml) heavy whipping cream or milk≈ 52 g
• Tiny pinch of saltn/a

flour 345 gbatter 1501 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.

• Sugar116% · 65th percentile · median 108%
• Fat83% · 86th percentile · median 66%
• Egg58% · 55th percentile · median 56%
• Liquid71% · 28th percentile · median 82%
• Leavening3.5% · 37th percentile · median 3.9%
• Salt0.9% · 39th percentile · median 1%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

28 to 32 minutes

median 28 minutes