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Super Moist Vanilla Cake 

Simply the best vanilla cake with a moist and fluffy texture!

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Cake: - Self-raising flour + baking   powder + salt - Butter - Castor sugar - Eggs - Milk - Vanilla extract

What you need:

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Buttercream: - Powdered sugar - Butter - Vanilla extract - Milk (optional) - Food coloring

What you need:

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Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy for approximately 2 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl.

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Add the eggs in, one at a time, beating well after each addition until all the traces of the eggs are no longer visible.

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Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk.  Start and end with the dry ingredients.

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Add vanilla.  Pour batter into prepared tins and bake for 40 - 45 minutes.  Cool completely before decorating.

To make the buttercream, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla and continue beating.  Add some milk if the consistency is too stiff.

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Remove a few tablespoons of buttercream into 3 different bowls.  Tint each with pink, peach and green food color.

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Level each cake layer. Spread buttercream between each layer and stack the layers up.

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Crumb coat the cake followed by another layer of buttercream all over. Use a palette knife to make buttercream waves on the cake.

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Fill the pink icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.  Pipe random rosettes on the cake. Repeat with the peach icing, followed by green leaves.

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Complete the cake with a simple piping of bead border all around.

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Enjoy! Click below to see the full recipe and decorating guide for the best vanilla cake ever!