One-Bowl Vanilla Cake

Kitty FloridoJanuary 25, 2022

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After a quick poll on IG, 99% of you answered that you wanted. a quick, no-fuss, one-bowl easy vanilla cake recipe. Ask, and you shall get! I’ve made this recipe quite a few times, and I’m sharing this fool-proof recipe. I love it because, as strange as it sounds, it doesn’t have any eggs or dairy. You can easily make this a gluten-free cake by substituting the all-purpose flour with gluten free all-purpose.

This cake only takes one bowl and one measuring cup. And because it comes together in quite short time, first preheat your oven and grease your pan. You can prep either a square or round 8-inch pan. If you’re using a ceramic you can serve the cake in it, like we did in our Confetti Cake… or you can grease and line with parchment paper a round pan and serve it as a baked cake (less work too).

In the bowl, add all of your dry ingredients (we listed them all together in the ingredient list), then in a measuring cup add tour wet ingredients, then mix together, into the oven… and 35 minutes later you got cake. After it has cooled off, decorate with powdered sugar, fresh fruit or ½ tub of store bought frosting for easy days.

This recipe is versatile: you can add chopped fruit on top, replace the almond extract with lemon or orange juice, add any citrus zest to the dry ingredients… honestly its a fool-proof recipe to have in your sleeve.

We hope you enjoy it and share your own creations with us!

Kitty

One-Bowl Vanilla Cake

Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour
Makes one 8-inch cake, 12 small servings

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup + 2 tablespoons water
½ cup vegetable oil
4 ½ teaspoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
½ tub of store-bought frosting, for easy decorating

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8-inch square or round pan.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
In a measuring cup, whisk together the water, vegetable oil, sugar, vinegar, vanilla, and almond extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine. Make sure that there’s no dry flour when combining.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges are beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven, and allow it to cool completely before frosting.

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