Basic White Cake

This is my go to recipe for basic white cake.  I found this recipe to be perfect when adding color to it to get those great bold colored cakes.  The first time I tried this recipe I wasn’t sure I liked it because I was used to box cakes.  But once I accepted it as a dense cake I rather enjoyed it.  It reminds me of a sugar cookie in cake form.

I started by mixing the sugar, butter, and eggs together.  Next I added buttermilk, vanilla, salt, vegetable oil, and baking powder.  Once everything was well combined I slowly added the flour.  This recipe makes about 6 cups of batter.  Encase you are planning to divide it up to make multiple cakes.  Lastly I add in color gel depending on what kind of cake I desire.

I baked the cake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes.  Once it passed the tooth pick test I took it out of the oven and let them cool before frosting. 

Basic White Cake

Ingredients

3 ¼ Cup flour

3 Cups Sugar

2 ½ Teaspoons baking powder

1 Teaspoon salt

1 Cup butter, room, temp

3 Teaspoon vanilla

7 Large egg whites

1 ½ Cup buttermilk, room temp

1/8 Cup vegetable oil

Directions

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Mix eggs, sugar, and butter

Add salt, vanilla, buttermilk, baking powder, and vegetable oil

Slowly mix in flour

Add color gel if desired

Grease cake pans

Bake 40 minutes, until it passes the tooth pick test