White Flower Cake

This cake is super moist and airy and the strong vanilla flavour is well established throughout the whole cake. If you are looking for a simple vanilla cake this is the perfect match for you! I would say you can also call this a birthday cake as nobody can deny this flavour. This whips up super fast and with a couple of key ingredients, this cake is unbeatable!

Ingredients

• 1 2⁄3 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder
• 1⁄2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄4 cup sour cream
• 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tsp vanilla essence/almond extract Use american buttercream recipe

Cake

1. Whisk the dry ingredients and set aside
2. Combine the sour cream and buttercream
3. In a stand mixer cream the butter and sugar
4. Add one egg white at a time and vanilla extract until it slightly increases in volume
5. In alternating batches, add milk or flour mixture to the stand mixer
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
7. Pour the batter equally into to 8-inch greased pans and bake for 30-35 minutes

Assembly

1. Pipe buttercream in between the two layers using a cake stand
2. Pipe buttercream around the cake and on the surface, use offset spatula or bench scraper
3. Use russian piping tips for the border of the cake and be creative with it!