Kara’s Perfect Vanilla Cake
Yield: 2 – 8” round cakes (use 3 inch deep pans, or line them higher than the edge with parchment)
Kara’s Perfect Vanilla Cake
Yield: 2 – 8” round cakes (use 3 inch deep pans, or line them higher than the edge with parchment)
Servings Prep Time
28×3 rounds 20minutes
Cook Time
40-70minutes
Servings Prep Time
28×3 rounds 20minutes
Cook Time
40-70minutes
Ingredients
  • 16oz all purpose flour3.25 cups for the full recipe
  • 2.5tsp Baking powder
  • 22oz granulated sugar3 cups for the full recipe
  • .75tsp salt
  • 8oz unsalted butter(1 cup; 2 sticks for the full recipe), room temp
  • 1.5Tbsp vanilla bean pasteor good quality real vanilla extract
  • 7each Egg whiteslarge, room temp, (about 1 cup for the full recipe)
  • 12oz milkwhole, room temp, (1.5 cups for the full recipe)
  • 1oz Vegetable oil1/8 cup for the full recipe
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease sides and bottom of 2 – 8” round pans. My goop recipe is perfect for pan release.
  2. Add all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt) to a stand mixer bowl and mix with a paddle to combine well. This replaces sifting.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine all wet ingredients (vanilla bean paste, egg whites, milk, and vegetable oil) and whisk to combine. Set aside.
  4. Turn mixer to low and add chunks of butter slowly to the dry mix. Continue to beat on slow until there are no chunks of butter remaining and the mixture becomes crumbly.
  5. On low speed, add 1/3 of the liquid ingredients to the dry/butter ingredients and then turn to medium. Mix until a light paste forms. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  6. Add half of the remaining wet ingredients and beat on medium high speed for 4 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  7. Add the remaining wet ingredients and beat on medium speed for 5 minutes.
  8. Divide evenly between the two prepared cake pans.
  9. Bake for 40-60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean and sides have begun to pull away from the side of the pan. (This will depend on the size of your pan, how full you make it, and on proper oven temp.)
  10. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Place on a rack to finish cooling.
Recipe Notes

To make this perfectly textured and delicious cake chocolate, simply replace 3 oz. (weighed) of AP flour with 3 oz. (weighed) Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa (a dutched cocoa powder, not natural or light unsweetend) and add it to the dry ingredient mix.