Simple White Cake: The Easy Recipe Everyone Will Love
This Simple White Cake recipe is easy, delicious, and perfect for baking with kids.
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
- 9-inch square cake pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup milk
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake pan.
- Beat sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until lighter in color and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
- Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in batches, alternating with milk, beating cake batter briefly after each addition.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 to 40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely. Frost and enjoy!
Notes
This cake can also be made in a 10-inch round pan and can be used to make 12 cupcakes that bake for about 20 to 25 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 209kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 142mgPotassium: 47mgSugar: 17gCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
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