Vanilla Butter Cake

Name: Vanilla Butter Cake
Yield: Makes One 9-inch Cake
Ingredients: 1¾ cups cold butter, cut into thin slices; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1½ cups sugar; 3 egg yolks; 2 eggs; ½ teaspoon salt; Room-temperature butter and cake flour for preparing pan; 1½ cups milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2½ cups cake flour

Preparation info

Makes
One
9 inch Cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

This cake is an example of a high-ratio cake, in which the dry ingredients are combined with the butter and the liquid is added last. This is a delicious cake, rich and buttery yet still light.

Ingredients

Room-temperature butter and cake flour for preparing pan
2½ cups cake flour
1½ cups sugar

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan. Coat the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.

In a mixing bowl or large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powd