Choose Your Own Adventure Vanilla Cake

In this course, you’ll learn how to master my go-to vanilla cake—layered with vanilla bean frosting and a luscious coconut caramel sauce—in just five simple steps. From start to finish, the first cake may take up to three hours, but before long, you’ll be creating show-stopping cakes in two hours or less. Easy to follow, fun to bake, and absolutely irresistible to eat.

Now with new bonus recipes for brambleberry filling and vanilla cookie crumbs.

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THINGS YOU’LL NEED

Before you get started, please make sure you have everything from the lists below.

    • All-purpose unbleached flour

    • Potato starch (Bob’s Red Mill)

    • Cane sugar (the whitest you can find)

    • Baking soda

    • Baking powder

    • Fine sea salt

    • Neutral oil

    • Vanilla extract

    • Unsweetened almond milk

    • Apple cider vinegar

    • Shortening

    • Powdered cane sugar

    • 15 oz can coconut cream

    *Baking powder needs to be fresh. If you’ve not replaced yours within the past couple of months, it’s time.

    • Mixing bowls

    • Fine mesh sieve

    • Balloon whisk

    • Spatulas

    • Hand or stand mixer

    • Measuring spoons (and cups, if you don’t have a scale)

    • 9x13” cake pan

    • Parchment paper

    • 6x2” cake ring

    • 6” cake board

    • 4” cake collar

  • A few items that make things easier, but are not required for this course.

    • Food scale (strongly encouraged)

    • Disposable decorating bag (here’s a reusable option)

    • Offset spatula (for a gorgeous, smooth top)

    • Squeeze bottle (great for decorating then storing ganache, caramel, etc.)