Photo: Ultimate Vanilla Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the frosting:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
For the cake:
- Basic Vanilla Cake, baked and cooled
- Sprinkles, for decorating
Directions
Make the frosting: Beat the butter and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add the vanilla, increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat until thick, about 2 more minutes. Add the milk a little at a time and beat until the frosting is spreadable but not runny.
Assemble the cake: Put 1 cake layer on a platter; spread 1 cup frosting on top. Top with the second cake layer, then cover the whole cake with the remaining frosting. Decorate with sprinkles.
Photograph by Levi Brown
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By taufiero_12059905
Selden, 72
on May 10, 2013
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As I mentioned in my last post, was not impressed either witht the vanilla cake. I enjoyed the Chocolate black out cake so much, I tried to duplicate in Vanilla. The Cake was dense, I had mixed reviews about that. To each his own I guess, and the frosting was much too sweet for my likes.
By sugarbuzz78
on April 15, 2013
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Please don't waste your time and ingredients on making this cake, the worst scratch cake I've ever tried in the 39yrs I've been baking. I have a small in home business and thought I would try this recipe...what a mistake. Dense, flavorless cake EVER!!! Food Network really needs to try a recipe before listing it as Ultimate, it's anything but that.
By KRAVFUN
Irvine, CA
on February 22, 2013
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I am astonished that this cake made it in to the magazine, let alone on the website. It is probably the worst cake I have ever tasted, and I've been making scratch cakes for the last 30+ years. The frosting is too sweet, which in theory pairs well with a lighter cake, however this cake is like a dough brick. The cake is very dense in texture, and the taste is bland. Cornmeal isn't called for in the recipe, but the cake tastes like a cornmeal cake when it is finished. I threw out the whole cake out after one bite, as I was too embarrassed to claim it as mine if I served it. I just assumed that the Food Network had a test kitchen, where recipes were tested thoroughly before being rolled out to the magazine or web. My mistake in trusting that assumption. Very disappointing considering many of the cakes in this article of the magazine are based on the platform of the vanilla cake recipe.
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