Want a delicious vanilla cake recipe for your next celebration?

[jrstephens]

That looks awesome!!! The top layer is what I am wanting to do for a friend's daughter's graduation party! Can u tell me EXACTLY how u did it? I have been looking through magazines for ideas.

 

[cewcooks]

Your cake is awesome!

 

[babywings76]

This thread has more info on working with fondant too!

http://www.chefsuccess.com/f18/questions-about-working-fondant-48367/

Hey thanks for pointing out that thread! How on earth did I miss that one?! I'll pass the info along to my friend. And maybe someday I'll be brave and creative and try my hand at it.

 

[byrd1956]

Your cake is beautiful and what a cute little ox!

 

[StacieB]

Oh it is beautiful!! Great job! The ox is adorable.

 

[AnnieBee]

That looks awesome!!! The top layer is what I am wanting to do for a friend's daughter's graduation party! Can u tell me EXACTLY how u did it? I have been looking through magazines for ideas.

You mean she wants a polka dot cake with an ox on the top?! LOL!

Anyway, I PM'd you so as not to bore everyone else with the details... Let me know if you have questions that I did not cover. The main thing with fondant is just to practice as much as you can to get the hang of it, to get the consistency right, and the thickness right, and to get better at smoothing the sides without wrinkles...

 

[missydivine]

WOW is all I can say. What a great job!

 

[pamperedlinda]

OK, so here is the vanilla cake recipe. It is originally for two 9" pans, but I baked it (twice) as one 12" cake and it came out perfectly. I lined the bottom with parchment and sprayed the sides with a baking spray (like bakers joy or PAM with flour). I also used the milk/lemon juice substitute for the buttermilk, so I guess I can't entirely vouch for the recipe made with real buttermilk, LOL! For the 12" pan it took 28-30mins at 350F. Enjoy! :chef:

Buttermilk Layer Cake (Adapted from the new "Joy of Cooking" according to the web-site I got it from)

2 1/3 cups cake flour (I used normal all-purpose)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch cake pans and set aside. Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and vanilla.

Using a mixer on medium speed, beat the butter until creamy. Over the course of 3 minutes, beat in the sugar. Over 2 minutes, add the egg mixture. Reduce the speed to low and alternate adding the flour and buttermilk in three parts,scraping the bowl.

Divide the batter between the pans and smooth the tops. Bake until light golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then unmold onto a rack to cool completely before frosting.

Thanks so much for posting this cake recipe. I used it for DS jet fighter cake and it was delicious! Everyone said that the cake really tasted good too. I made the cakes on Monday and froze them until Saturday when I did the actual cake. They froze great, were pretty easy to cut and assemble (I did that part while they were still mostly frozen). This is a keeper recipe for sure.

 

[merego]

that is adorable!!!