Vanilla cake recipe so easy, your kids can bake it! Mix your wet ingredients, dry ingredients, combine, pour into pans and bake!
Simple Vanilla Cake
Makes 2 × 8-inch cakes | 350°F / 170°C
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups (281 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (400 g) finely powdered sugar
- 2 tsp (8 g) baking powder
- ½ tsp (3 g) salt
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- ¾ cup (180 ml) oil
- 1½ cups (360 ml) warm milk
- 1 tsp (5 ml) clear vanilla extract
Method
- Prep: Heat oven to 350°F/170°C. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs, oil, warm milk, and vanilla until combined.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until smooth and lump-free.
- Divide between pans and gently tap to release air bubbles.
- Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the edges pull slightly away from the pans.
- Cool completely before removing from the pans.
trace the edges of the cake with a knife to release it from the pan, gently flip it on to a plate and flip it up back again. You may frost it or devour as is. Enjoy!
PS: We chomped down one cake while it was warm and frosted the other one with the colors of the sea.
