The BEST Vanilla Cake Recipe

Summary by Krater

The host demonstrates how to make a tender vanilla cake from scratch, using all-purpose flour, butter, sour cream, and egg whites, and shows how to frost it with pink buttercream.

From the video

Answers: How do you make a vanilla cake from scratch?

• vanilla cake recipe
• baking cake layers
• making American buttercream
• frosting a multi-layer cake

Ingredients

• 213g all-purpose flour
• 2.5g salt
• 0.25 tsp baking soda
• 4g baking powder
• 200g white granulated sugar
• 176g unsalted butter
• 0.5 cup whole milk
• 120mL sour cream
• 3 egg whites
• 15mL vanilla extract
• 326g unsalted butter
• 454g confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 shots vanilla extract
• 2 drops soft pink food coloring
• 1 tbsp cream

What it concludes

• Using cake strips on the pans gives you perfect flat cake layers that are nice and tender on the sides without needing trimming.
• Baking the cakes at 350F for about half an hour ensures the center gets springy and the edge pulls away from the pan.
• Piping buttercream on in layers is faster, neater, and doesn't tug or tear the cake layers like spreading it manually.
• Using cake strips prevents the cake from becoming hard, crusty, and dry from over-baking.