Very vanilla cake from Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake (page 26) by Odette Williams

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Accompaniments: Nana’s simple glaze; Easy creamy icing; Mascarpone easy creamy icing; Beautiful buttercream; White and whipped cream; Vanilla whipped cream; Berry crumble; Toblerone ganache; Chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream; Compote

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    Can substitute another mild-flavored oil for grapeseed oil.

  • Rradishes on October 20, 2022

    Great flavor and texture, definitely will repeat. Made in cupcake form for a birthday party the day before. Tasted great the next day and everyone loved them. This recipe will be great in basically any vanilla / yellow cake.

  • TrishaCP on April 25, 2020

    I love vanilla and this is the cake for me. I used cake flour per one of the variations and it was not too dense.

  • mzgourmand on October 02, 2019

    I love this recipe and will happily eat the cake even without frosting or a glaze - and as I'm a sugarhead, frostings are often my favorite part of a cake! That said, it is a bit more dense than many other cakes that I've made - and I've made the recipe several times now - and my family does not share my wholehearted love for it. I lazily use vanilla bean extraction paste - which imparts a super-vanilla flavor to recipes - instead of fussing with the vanilla beans etc.

  • Astrid5555 on May 19, 2019

    Very vanilla-y, a little bit more involved than her 2 bowl cakes, this one needs a stand mixer. Filled and topped with mascarpone whipped cream and strawberries.

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