VanillaGoods Baking Academy · Free course
Cake Baking & Decorating
Bake a moist vanilla layer cake, level and stack it, crumb coat and finish it with smooth buttercream.
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What you'll learn
- Bake flat, even cake layers
- Level, fill and stack a cake
- Crumb coat and frost smoothly
Lessons
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1
Mixing a vanilla butter cake batter
5 min · Video by The Cooking Foodie
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2
Baking flat, even layers
9 min · Video by Preppy Kitchen
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3
Leveling, filling and stacking
5 min · Video by The Lindsay Ann
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4
The crumb coat
11 min · Video by Still Busy Baking
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5
Smooth buttercream finish
8 min · Video by Life, Love and Sugar
Tools for this course
The equipment that makes this easier. VanillaGoods vanilla is always our own; these tools are from Amazon.
- Fat Daddio's 9-Inch Round Cake PansStraight sides and even heat for flat, level layers.View on Amazon › (opens in a new tab)
- KitchenAid Artisan 5-Qt Stand MixerDoes the beating and kneading for you, hands-free.View on Amazon › (opens in a new tab)
- Precut Parchment Sheets, 12x16 (200)Flat, precut sheets for clean release and easy cleanup.View on Amazon › (opens in a new tab)
- Etekcity Digital Kitchen ScaleWeighing beats cups for baking that turns out the same every time.View on Amazon › (opens in a new tab)
As an Amazon Associate, VanillaGoods earns from qualifying purchases. We only suggest tools that fit what you're learning.
Video lessons by The Cooking Foodie, Preppy Kitchen, The Lindsay Ann, Still Busy Baking, Life, Love and Sugar, embedded from YouTube. Notes, sequencing and product picks by VanillaGoods.