December 20, 2016

Let them eat cake!  No more wonderful words have ever been spoken.  I happen to be hooked on cake…and frosting – lots and lots of frosting.  It doesn’t get much better than this Buttermilk Vanilla Cake.  I wish you could have been here while it was baking.  My kitchen smelled heavenly.  And shall we talk about the frosting?  Of course I had to taste it; that goes without saying.  A spoonful here, a spoonful there.  I wasn’t the only one, though.  I have to call out Bryan, my partner in crime.  I would have never known he was sneaking frosting, but there was a little smidge on his nose.  🙂  Dead give away!  Make this cake first chance you get.  You’ll be glad you did!  Don’t eat all the frosting, though.  Save a little for the cake. 🙂  Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Buttermilk Vanilla Cake

Cake Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups unbleached cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1-1/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla

Frosting Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
6 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons buttermilk

Instructions for Cake:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs.  Mix flour, baking powder and salt.  Gradually add dry ingredients to wet while alternately adding buttermilk.  Mix in vanilla.  Divide batter between two 8 inch cake pans that have been generously greased with butter or shortening.  Bake 25 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.  Allow cakes to cool in pans for 10 minutes.  Transfer cakes to cooling racks.  Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Instructions for Frosting:

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the butter for 1 minute.  Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.  Scrape the sides in between each addition.  Mix for 30 seconds between each sugar addition.  Add vanilla and buttermilk.  Mix on medium/high speed for 4-5 minutes.  Frosting will be light and creamy.  Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before frosting your cake.  Whip once more before frosting cake.

Enjoy!  (Recipe Source:  WonkyWonderful)

♥Tawnya