Vanilla Bean Cake

Posted 11/15/10 • Last updated 11/15/10 • 5110 views • 59 comments

The most requested cake I have is a vanilla bean cake. I think it because it just has that good natural vanilla tatse that associated with vanilla bean recipies.

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups flour 1 Tbs baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 8 oz sweet butter, softened 1 3/4 cup sugar 1 vanilla beam, split and seeds scraped 3 eggs 1 3/4 cup milk

Instructions

Sift dry ingredients except sugar. Cream butter and sugar Blend in vanilla seeds Add eggs one at a time. mix after each addition. Alternating add dry ingredients with milk Blend well but do not over beat Divide batter into two greased and floured round 8 inch cake pans Bake in a preheated 350F oven until done about 40 minutes Cool on rack, remove and fill and frost.

Comments (59)

Maria46 11/15/10 at 5:34pm

Is the "sweet" butter a special brand? Or just something like Land O' Lakes salted butter? Thanks for the recipe. Sounds wonderful!

JackiesCreations 11/15/10 at 5:39pm

Hi Maria46, I believe sweet butter is also known as unsalted butter. That's what I use in my cakes. Please anyone, correct me if I am wrong, but this is my understanding of it. :-)

cookiesbyms 11/15/10 at 6:09pm

Just made this and its beautiful. Now I'm sitting here looking for a recipe to top it with or maybe I'll just fill it with some fresh strawberries and cream, YUM! Definetly keeping this recipe. Thanks for sharing.

angela218 11/16/10 at 8:47am

hi! Can I use vanilla extract and if so how much?

sunsational 11/16/10 at 10:24am

I never used vanilla extract if i did I use a pure I start with 1tb and give a taste to see if vanilla enough and I use unsalted butter. So yes Jackie you right. I use this in many cakes from The raspberry mousse and lemon mousse is wonderful with this :)

c-cakes 11/18/10 at 9:57am

is this cake sturdy enough to be covered in fondant?

sunsational 11/18/10 at 3:16pm

I use mostly buttercream, I dont use fondant too much, but I did use it for my waterfall cake I have up on here and did hold up for that that was with fondant. I suggest making a small one and cover it as a test and see how it does for you.

Tonid55 11/18/10 at 3:59pm

What do you usually fill and frost with, please

sassyjuggernaut 11/20/10 at 10:14pm

I made this last night and it is delicious! Definite keeper in my house. I loved using the vanilla bean for the first time!

DH2008 11/21/10 at 12:51pm

Anyone know about how much you scrape out of 1 vanilla bean? I have vanilla bean paste I would like to try but don't know the measurement. 1 tsp, less or more?

ae1191 11/29/10 at 5:50pm

Where do you buy a vanilla bean?

sunsational 12/1/10 at 8:45am

DH2008 I say 1/4 to 1/2 tsp is my guess. I usually get vanilla beans at world market. I also get at Costco. Plus I know few places order online. My popular fillings i do with are lemon mousse Raspberry mousse Black Cherry Mousse I use buttercream as frosting some popular combos I done peanutbutter filling with ganache I also did carmel and peanut with chocolate ganache and taste snickers

JackiesCreations 12/1/10 at 3:15pm

Hi there, I finally tried baking this... is the batter supposed to look curdled? Because that's how mine turned out. I just placed it in the oven now... fingers crossed that curdle-ness doesn't affect the outcome :-( Anyone who has made this please let me know how the batter is supposed to look. Mine was definitely curdled.

JackiesCreations 12/1/10 at 4:49pm

Okay, just tried it and it tastes good... however I am still wondering about the curdled batter??? Maybe it's supposed to look different?? Please somebody let me know how it is supposed to look for future reference. Thanks in advance xo

sweettoothmom1 12/5/10 at 3:13pm

may i ask...who is the original author of this recipe? i've tried so many, just wondering. thanks

sunsational 12/7/10 at 9:37am

JackiesCreations I never had this looked curdled before so not sure why your looked like that. sweettoothmom1 Honestly I got this recipe from a 1940's or 1950's church cookbook my mom found in a rummage sale and was from a curch in Mt Pleasant, PA. It has some really good recipes in it. There is a chocolate chip cookie recipe that uses pudding and I think the best chocolate chip cookie I ever had.