Once Upon a Chef· by Jennifer Segal★ 4.5 (208)

Vanilla Birthday Cake with Old-Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream

Name: Vanilla Birthday Cake with Old-Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Makes one {8-inch|20 cm} 2-layer cake, or 24 cupcakes
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off with back edge of knife; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1½ cups granulated sugar; 6 large egg whites, at room temperature; ¾ cup whole milk, at room temperature; 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon almond extract; 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 6 cups confectioners' sugar; 3 teaspoons vanilla extract; Pinch salt

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 1h total

Servings

Calories

41% of a 2,000 cal day

818KCAL

Protein

8g16% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat23g

30%

Saturated14g

70%

Unsaturated9g

—

Total Carbs147g

53%

Fiber1g

Total Sugars120g

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incl. Added Sugars118g

100%

Starch26g

—

Sodium344mg

15%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A moist vanilla layer cake with old-fashioned vanilla buttercream frosting. A classic birthday cake that's tender and rich.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

2 cupsall-purpose flour
2 tspbaking powder
¼ tspsalt
12 tbspunsalted butter — softened, 1½ sticks
1½ cupsgranulated sugar
6large egg whites — at room temperature
¾ cupwhole milk
1½ tspvanilla extract
½ tspalmond extract
4 ozcream cheese — at room temperature
6 cupsconfectioners' sugar
3 tspvanilla extract
salt

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Method

1h total

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