Buttermilk Vanilla Cake

Luciana’s recipe for buttermilk vanilla cake

Ingredients for Cake

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups cake flour (Presto)
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract

Ingredients for Frosting

1 1/2 cup butter, softened
6 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp buttermilk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit

Cream the butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time, beating each

In another bowl, mix and sift flour, baking powder, and salt

Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet, alternately adding in the buttermilk

Mix in vanilla extract

Divide batter into 2 cake pans

Bake for 25 mins, or until the edges are golden brown

Allow cakes to cool in pans for ~30 mins

Allow cakes to cool in pans for ~30 mins