Super Moist Vanilla Cake
A beautifully soft, fluffy vanilla cake with a tender, melt-in-your-mouth crumb and a delicate hint of vanilla in every bite. This sweet little treat is pure cake perfection.
PREP: 20 MINS
COOK: 25 - 30 MINS
YIELD: 10 servings
Ingredients
Basic Vanilla Buttercream
2Â cups Salted Butter
4 cups Icing SugarÂ
 2 tsp Vanilla EssenceÂ
6 Tbsp Full Cream Milk
Ingredients
The Vanilla Cake
1 1/4 cups Sunflower OilÂ
1 3/4 cups White Sugar
4 Large EggsÂ
2 Tbsp Vanilla Essence
2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp Baking PowderÂ
1 tsp SaltÂ
Preparation Steps
01
Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease and line 3 x 9-inch round pans with parchment paper to ensure an easy release after baking. Â
02
In a bowl, mix in your sugar and oil and beat for 2 min until well combined then add your eggs and beat again for another 2 min, lastly add your vanilla essence beat for 1 min. Â
03
To the same bowl, add your dry ingredients - flour, baking powder and salt and beat on medium speed until smooth and lump free. Do not over-mix. Â
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04
Add your dry ingredients and mix on low until just combined. Lastly, add your double cream Greek yogurt to the mixture and mix until smooth. Divide the batter between your cake tins and bake at 180°C for 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
05
Once your vanilla cake rounds are cooled, you can assemble and decorate your cake to your liking with your basic vanilla frosting or any other frosting you would like to use. Watch my Instagram video for visual explanation and help.
06
To make your basic Vanilla frosting - beat the butter in a large mixer bowl until smooth. Add your icing sugar and beat for 3 - 4 min until light and fluffy. Add your milk and vanilla essence and beat for 1 min. Enjoy.