Simple White Cake
This easy cake recipe requires just 7 ingredients and tastes like you spent hours making it, even though it's out of the oven in under an hour.
Instructions
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1
{'id': 'step_0', 'step': 1, 'text': 'Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake pan.'}
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{'id': 'step_1', 'step': 2, 'text': 'Beat sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until lighter in color and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition, 30 seconds total. Mix in vanilla, about 15 seconds.'}
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{'id': 'step_2', 'step': 3, 'text': 'Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined stopping to scrape down sides if needed, about 2 minutes.'}
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{'id': 'step_3', 'step': 4, 'text': 'Spread cake batter into the prepared pan.'}
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{'id': 'step_4', 'step': 5, 'text': 'Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.'}
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{'id': 'step_5', 'step': 6, 'text': 'Remove cake from the oven and let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack; remove pan and let cake\xa0cool completely before frosting. Enjoy!'}
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (12 servings total)