Whitney’s Favorite Vanilla Cake

1/26/2023

Vanilla Cake Recipe
By: The Blonde who Bakes

Ingredients:
3 Cups Cake Flour (I used Lehi mills Cake flour)
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1 Cup Butter, room temperature
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
4 Eggs
2 Egg Whites
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
1/3 Cup Greek Vanilla yogurt or Sour Cream
1 Cup Milk

Tools needed:
Electric Mixer or Large Bowls
Whisk
Oven
Baking spray
3 Cake Pans (6” cake pans or 2 - 8” pans)

Baking Instructions:

-Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.

-Prepare three 6” round cake pans OR two 8” pans with non-stick spray Spray again. Set aside. (I highly recommend the “Bakers Spray” or “PAM Baking Spray with flour”.)

-In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

-In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and the sugar for 3 to 5 minutes on medium-high speed.

-The mixture should be light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and begin to add the eggs and egg whites on medium speed, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl between addition, continue beating on medium-high speed until the texture is smooth and the volume is nearly doubled, about 3 to 5 minutes.Add the vanilla extract and mix until incorporated.

-Add the the full Measurement of the vegetable oil. Mix well and incorporate.

-Add in the Greek Vanilla yogurt OR sour cream. Mix well.

-Slow the mixer down as much as possible, add then in 1/2 of the of flour mixture,

-Add 1/2 of the milk. Let mix for 40-60 seconds.

-Add in the final measurements of flour and milk. Let mix until fully incorporated. 2-3 minutes. The batter should be smooth.

-Pour cake batter into each of the prepared three 6”cake pans. Or 2 8” pans. Level out all the batter in each pan.

-Place in over to bake at 325°F for 32-36 minutes.

-To check doneness, you can touch the top of the cake very lightly. If it stays firm and holds it shaped, almost bounces back, your cake is done.

-You can also insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If comes out with a few moist crumbs on it. Let cool in the pans for about 15-20 minutes and then remove from cake plans and place cake on cake board.

-Place cake layers in the freezer for 4-6 hours.

-After cold and solid, it’s time to decorate!

8 Comments

Hi, Im Whitney Berge

Aka, The Blonde who Bakes,
I am a wife and mom of 3, and a self- taught baker. I did not attend any formal culinary training, but I believe that nothing compares to learning as you go.
Being in the kitchen baking is something that has always been special to me, and I knew that I could use my business knowledge as well as my baking experience to bless others with some delicious desserts, but also teach them that they can do it as well.
About 15 years ago, I made the decision to not continue in my schooling for Sports Medicine and jumped in to selling my cakes and desserts.
My clientele grew steadily, and I had some very loyal customers. So I made the decision to open up a brick and mortar bakery.
a few years into the bakery, I had my first child. Though it was difficult trying to navigate being a new mom and business owner, I pushed though and continued with my dream. 3 months later, I had a very big surprise that I was pregnant again with baby boy #2. This is when I had to re-evaluate and make the hard decision to close my bakery. Little did I know, that was the best decision I could have ever made.

1 year after closing my bakery doors, I wanted to get back to my passion for baking
I knew that I needed to change my business strategy because I wanted to be at home with my 2 boys, yet still be able to be Whitney and continue to grow as an entrepreneur. After many long nights of trying to figure out how I could change my business structure yet do what I love.
I knew that I still wanted to bake desserts for people, but I wanted to focus a lot more of my energy on teaching others how to bake and create delicious and beautiful things.

And that my friends, is when The Blonde who Bakes came to be.

Melanie

2/4/2023 06:57:52 am

So excited to try this recipe! This may be a silly question but do you use 4 whole eggs and then add the 2 egg whites? Or do the egg whites go first? After adding the dry ingredients and mixing well do I add the milk right before pouring into pans? THank you for another great recipe!

Britt

2/7/2023 01:10:57 pm

You never say when to add the other eggs

Kate

2/25/2023 05:11:19 pm

When do the other eggs and milk go in?

Katie

3/6/2023 01:33:08 pm

This cake is absolutely delicious and a new family favorite! Can't wait to make this cake again!

Paula

11/8/2023 12:13:24 pm

Trying this recipe today. In the oven now. Followed exactly, but way too much batter for 3 6" pans. I had to use 4" pans with the batter divided equally and about 1/2 full each. Fingers crossed!

11/8/2023 12:56:44 pm

So, all 4 6" layers rose really high then dropped dramatically, so that each pan was left with a ring of baked cake around the top inside of the pan. Each baked layer was around 1 1/4" high. Did I do something wrong?

Jamie

2/14/2024 01:51:02 pm

I’ve made this cake with 6 inch pans, but need to make a sheet cake. What size will this recipe make

Maryann Simmons

6/24/2024 05:07:11 am

Do you use whole milk or can you use buttermilk?