An exceptional, yet simple Vanilla Butter Cake.
An essential addition to every recipe collection!
Want to step it up?
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Try my ultimatePerfect Vanilla Cake.
No sour cream, no buttermilk these are not pantry staples in my world or any other schmancy ingredients.
Yes adding sour cream and/or buttermilk makes an even more tender, more moist cake.
But I wanted to share a truly great Vanilla Sponge Cake that is made with just pantry staples.
I have a soft spot for old fashioned Vanilla sponge cakes.
I am pretty sure the Womens Weekly Best Ever Sponge was the first cake I ever (attempted?)
Freshly made, they are lovely, albeit a wee bit dry for my taste.
But the biggest issue Ive always had is that after 12 hours, the sponge is incredibly dry.
Even slathered with copious amounts of cream and frosting cant hide it.
THIS is the secret to a moist, tender sponge cake made without sour cream or buttermilk.
How do I know this?
Because this is a Cooks Illustrated recipe.
Theyve gone and done all the hard work with the recipe testing for us.
Regular readers know Im never going to win any awards in the cake decorating category.
Im much more focussed on the body of the cake getting that sponge right.
So I kept this simple and just slathered on lots of cream and and sandwiched it with strawberries.
Youll see in the video.
Hope you have a lovely one.
Im off to a festival of some sort for a friends birthday.
Im not really a festival-jot down gal, so it will be an experience.
I dont even know what the festival is for music, Im guessing.
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Guess I should probably leave my stilettos behind.
Nagi x
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Vanilla Sponge Cake recipe video!
(watch me teasing him with this in the video!!)
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