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My best Vanilla Cake - stays moist 4 days!

Makes
10
Ingredients
13

6 things you may not have.

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Ingredients

Servings
10 servings
Amounts
  • 2 cups plain / all purpose flour ((cake flour OK too, Note 1))
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp cooking salt ((kosher salt))
  • 4 large eggs ((50 - 55g / 2 oz each), at room temp (Note 3))
  • 1 1/2 cups caster sugar / superfine sugar ((granulated/regular ok too, Note 2))
  • 115g / 1/2 cup unsalted butter (, cut into 1.5cm / 1/2” cubes (or so))
  • 1 cup milk (, full fat (Note 5))
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract (, the best you can afford (Note 6))
  • 3 tsp vegetable or canola oil ((Note 7))
  • 225g / 2 sticks unsalted butter (, softened)
  • 500g / 1 lb soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (, SIFTED)
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 - 4 tbsp milk (, to adjust thickeness, if needed)
Shopping list

“What I'm missing” leaves off staples you almost certainly have — salt, pepper, oil, water — and anything already in your pantry.

Nutrition · per serving

Calories
339 kcal
Fat
13 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
31 g
Sodium
97 mg
Protein
6 g
Cholesterol
91 mg
Carbohydrate
51 g
Saturated fat
7 g

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