Soft Vanilla Cake
"When I say this recipe took me MONTHS to perfect, I honestly mean it! This vanilla cake has the most soft, tender, melt-in-your mouth crumb and is bursting with vanilla flavour. A moist vanilla cake that acts as a great base recipe that can be paired with literally any type of frosting and filling! What makes this vanilla cake so soft and moist? Well, there’s a few different things at play here! I'll explain them all briefly below. Ingredients When developing this recipe, I took great care in experimenting with d..."
INGREDIENTS
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2¼ cups flour (regular all purpose (see note 1 if you want to use cake flour))
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¼ cup cornflour (also known as cornstarch)
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½ tsp baking soda
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1 tsp baking powder
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½ tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)
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½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
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½ cup unflavoured vegetable oil (I use canola)
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1⅔ cups white granulated sugar
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3 large eggs (room temperature)
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1¼ tbsp vanilla essence/extract
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1 tsp white vinegar
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1½ cups buttermilk (room temperature, see note 6 if using a homemade buttermilk substitute)
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1½ cups unsalted butter (room temperature)
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3 cups icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar/confectioners sugar)
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1½ tsp vanilla essence/extract
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1½ tbsp milk (heavy or whipping cream okay too)
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