The most tasty and moist vanilla cake recipe! Use this doctored cake mix recipe for quick and consistent results.
This recipe yields about 72 ounces which is enough for one quarter sheet pan, three 8" pans or five 6" pans.
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of 13.25-ounce Betty Crocker Super Moist French Vanilla cake mix
- 1 box of 5.1 ounce Vanilla Jello Instant Pudding
- 8 Large eggs (or 14 ounces)
- 2 cup MINUS 2 Tablespoons of water
- 2 Tablespoons of sour cream
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup of room temperature butter
What you’ll need
- Shortening (or butter) to grease pans
- Flour to dust greased pans
- Paper towels
- Stand or hand mixer and whip attachment
- Cake pans
- Long serrated knife for cutting the cake top
- Cake board, cardboard pad, or flat plate
Steps
- Prep pans - Use a paper towel to coat the inside of your pans with a generous layer of shortening. Dust the inside of the pan with flour. Tap away any excess flour that doesn't stick to the pan. You can also use parchment paper at the bottom if you're concerned the cake might stick after baking.
- Preheat your oven to 335 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Crack your eggs in your mixing bowl and lightly break up the eggs using your whip attachment.
- Add the water, sour cream, oil, and butter to the mixing bowl.
- Next, add your cake and pudding mixes into the mixing bowl. I like to sift these just in case.
- Using the mixer, mix on low for 30 seconds, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Increase mixing the speed to medium-high and mix for 1 ½ minutes, continuing to scrape the sides as needed.
- Fill your cake pans with batter just under half full and bake. For 6” and 8" pans, bake for 40-45 minutes.
- After baking, remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool for about 10-15 minutes.
- With the cakes still in their pans, use your cake knife to cut the cake top ‘dome’ flush with its pan.
- Place a cake board on top of your cut cake and flip the pan over to remove the cake. If the cake is not coming out, tap your pan gently or use a butter knife to gently loosen the sides. Repeat for all cake pans.
- Continue to let your cakes cool completely for about 3-4 hours. After completely cool, your cake can be iced directly, or stored. To store, double wrap in plastic and store in the refrigerator for a few days or in the freezer for up to 6 months. The cake can also remain at room temperature for a couple of days.
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