Quick and Easy Vanilla Cake

This is a simple vanilla cake recipe with an easy powdered sugar glaze that tastes a lot like a sugar cookie! It can be made by hand quickly and is frosting in the cake pan. Great for sharing!

Prepare: 15

Bake: 1

Total Time: 1 15

Servings: 24

Ingredients

For the Cake

2 ½ cups (375g) flour
2 cups (400g) sugar
1 ½ cups (360mL) buttermilk
¾ cup (180mL) oil
2 large (100g) eggs
1 tsp (5mL) vanilla
1 tsp (6g) baking soda
½ tsp (2.5g) salt

For the Glaze

1 ½ cups (187.5g) powdered sugar
¼ tsp (1.25mL) vanilla
1-3 tbs (15-45mL) buttermilk, milk or water

Instructions

For the Cake

Preheat oven to 325F (160C.)
Lightly grease a 9x13 (23x33cm) cake pan. If you want to remove the cake from the pan, line the bottom with parchment.
Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour liquid into flour mixture and beat until just combined and no lumps are present. It will be a thin batter. Pour immediately into prepared pan and place in preheated oven.
Bake 40-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Center should read between 190 - 210F (88 - 99C.)
Cool cake in pan on wire rack 15 minutes before glazing.

For the Glaze

In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and vanilla. Add milk or water, one teaspoon at a time, and stir between additions until desired consistency is achieved.
Spread glaze evenly on top of cake. Allow cake to finish cooling before serving.

Notes

The type of pan can affect cooking temperatures. Heavy casserole baking dishes can take longer to heat up and can add an additional 5 - 10 minutes cooking time. Thin pans such as disposable aluminum can take as little as 30 minutes to bake.

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