Basic Vanilla Cake Batter

By TXjenaimee

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
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Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 15mins

Preparation

Step 1

Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until yellow disappears after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts.

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at medium-low speed just until blended after each addition. (Batter will be thick.) Use immediately.