Mile High Buttermilk Cake
3- 8″ layers
- 4 c cake flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 c unsalted butter
- 3 c sugar
- 2 TBS vanilla
- 1 inch of vanilla bean, seeds scraped into the batter pod set aside (add the pod to the sugar bowl for vanilla sugar)
- 2 c buttermilk
- 6 egg whites, unbeaten
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Cream butter and sugar unitl light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla and vanilla scrapings.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
- Add egg whites and beat at medium speed for two minutes.
- Divide equally between 3 greased and wax paper lined 8″ round pans.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 325 and bake for 25 minutes more, or until the cake tests done.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on racks.
- Fill and frost as desired.
Jennifer A Stewart says
July 18, 2015 at 9:21 amI love the use of buttermilk because it add such a tang to the cake. I think this will be the centerpiece at my next party! Who doesn’t love cake? No one I know, or want to be friends with!
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:11 pmI totally agree! Let me know what you think.
Sara says
July 17, 2015 at 11:36 pmI actually have a quart of buttermilk in my fridge right now to use up, this cake looks mighty tempting 🙂
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:12 pmIt’s a great way to use buttermilk for sure!
Susan | LunaCafe says
July 17, 2015 at 11:07 pmLooks light and moist–my favorite kind of cake. And buttermilk makes it even better. 🙂
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:12 pmIt really is. 🙂
Regan @ The Healthy Aperture Blog says
July 17, 2015 at 2:44 pmIf you’re going to bake cake, why not make it mile high, right?? This looks and sounds delish 🙂
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:17 pmAbsolutely!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
July 17, 2015 at 12:01 pmI love using buttermilk in cake recipes! Creates such a tender and moist cake – love it!
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:18 pmAbsolutely! I use it a lot.
tanya says
July 17, 2015 at 10:35 amThis tall, fluffy cake has my name written all over it!
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:19 pmLOL! I would have guess that. It really is so good.
Des @ Life's Ambrosia says
July 17, 2015 at 9:06 amWho can resist a light and fluffy buttermilk cake?! I know I can’t 🙂
Marye Audet says
July 18, 2015 at 4:19 pmme either!