Simple Vanilla cake recipe

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

1sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans

1 1/2cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pans

1/2 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2/3cups sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

2/3 cups whole milk

 

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter one 9-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment and dust the pans with flour, tapping out the excess.
2. Whisk 1 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder and salt in a bowl until combined. Add 2 large eggs in kitchen aid mixer beat in the eggs, all at once,When it get fluffy add melted butter in it scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla. (The mixture may look separated at this point.) Now add flour mixture with the milk, beginning and ending with flour, until just smooth.
3.  Add mixture in pan Bake until the cakes are lightly golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely. Remove the parchment. Trim the tops of the cakes with a long serrated knife to make them level, if desired.