Ultimate Vanilla Cake

Name: Ultimate Vanilla Cake
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar; 4 larges eggs, at room temperature; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for the pans; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 1 Tbsp milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 10 servings Sprinkles, for decorating; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Ultimate Vanilla Cake a try. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 855 calories. If you have heavy cream, salt, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Make the frosting: Beat the butter and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

Butter

Salt

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Add the vanilla, increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat until thick, about 2 more minutes.

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Vanilla

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Add the milk a little at a time and beat until the frosting is spreadable but not runny.

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Frosting

Milk

Assemble the cake: Put 1 cake layer on a platter; spread 1 cup frosting on top. Top with the second cake layer, then cover the whole cake with the remaining frosting. Decorate with sprinkles.

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Sprinkles

Frosting

Spread

Photograph by Levi Brown

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment and dust the pans with flour, tapping out the excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk 3 cups flour, the baking powder and salt in a bowl until combined. Beat 2 sticks butter and the sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium; beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla. (The mixture may look separated at this point.)

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

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Mix 1/2 cup water with the cream in a liquid measuring cup or bowl. Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour, until just smooth.

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Butter

Cream