Description
The Best White Cake {ever} Recipe from Add a Pinch
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS
- • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- • ½ cup vegetable shortening
- • 3 cups granulated sugar
- • 5 eggs, room temperature
- • 3 cups all-purpose flour
- • 2 teaspoons baking powder
- • ¼ teaspoon salt
- • ½ cup whole milk, room temperature
- • ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
- • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare three 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray or coated well with shortening or butter and floured, taking care to remove all excess flour.
- Cream together butter and shortening until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Slowly add sugar one cup at a time, making sure to fully incorporate each cup before adding another. Add eggs one at a time, making sure to fully incorporate each egg before adding another.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour milks and vanilla into measuring cup and whisk together with a fork. Add to butter and shortening mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Gently stir all ingredients until well combined. Stop mixer and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl, making sure to have all ingredients mixed well.
- Evenly distribute cake batter between cake pans and place pans into oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and allow to cool slightly in cake pans for about 5 minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack.
- Frost cake as desired.