Easy Vanilla Cake Recipe

Vanilla Cake is a CLASSIC cake recipe made with vanilla extract and topped with buttercream frosting, ready in under 60 minutes!

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Classic Buttercream frosting (recipe)

Instructions:

Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour two 8" cake pans.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt then set aside.
3. To your stand mixer add the butter and sugar and beat them together until light and fluffy on medium speed, 2-3 minutes, then add in the eggs one at a time 15 seconds apart along with the vanilla then lower the speed to low. Add the flour mixture and milk, alternating a little of each at a time.
4. Pour into the cake pans evenly and baked for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
5. Once cakes are cooled frost them with your buttercream frosting.