How to Prepare Perfect Vanilla Christmas Layer Cake with Creamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

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Vanilla Christmas Layer Cake with Creamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. For the Frosting, beat butter and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating well after each addition and scraping sides and bottom of bowl frequently. Add milk; beat until light and fluffy.

It's a great spin-off for Christmas to serve something sweet and warm-weather tasting.

Add an even layer of buttercream between each cake layer with a large offset spatula.

Add a thin coat of frosting around the cake, fully cover the cake layers.

You can have Vanilla Christmas Layer Cake with Creamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vanilla Christmas Layer Cake with Creamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

1. Prepare of CAKE.

2. It’s 3 cup of cake flour.

3. You need 1 tbsp of baking powder.

4. Prepare 1/4 tsp of baking soda.

5. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.

6. You need 1 2/3 cup of unsalted butter, melted.

7. You need 1 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.

8. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.

9. It’s 2/3 cup of milk, I used whole milk.

10. You need 4 of large eggs.

11. Prepare of red food coloring.

12. It’s of FROSTING AND FILLING.

13. It’s 1 1/2 of recipes for my Basic Creamy Buttercream Frosting, recipe attached in direction step #7.

14. You need of GARNISH.

15. It’s of red, green and white sprinkles.

Place remaining cake layer on top.

Spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting, swirling to coat in a decorative fashion. (If frosting becomes too soft, refrigerate to firm up.) Cake can be covered with a cake dome and refrigerated overnight.

My family absolutely adores it, it is so very simple to make, and you just can't beat that classic vanilla buttercream for all sorts of celebratory and everyday type of desserts.

I forgot the vanilla,I guess you shouldn't bake when your tired.

Vanilla Christmas Layer Cake with Creamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Spray 3 - 8 inche cake pans with bakers sprspray.

2. Whisk together in a bowl flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

3. In another bowl beat butter and sugar until creamy, add flour and milk and give a stir to moisten, then beat in eggs and vanilla, add flour mixture and stir to blend.

4. Remove 1/3 of the batter to a seperate bowl, this will be your white layer. To the remaining batter, add enough drops of red food color to get a vivid red. Pour red batter into 2 of the prepared pans and the white batter in the remaining third pan.

5. Bake about 12 to 15 minutes just until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on racks in pans 10 minutes , then remove and cool completely before frosting.

6. MAKE FROSTING AND FILLING.

7. Make 1 1/2 recipes of my Basic Creamy Buttercream frosting in order to have enough to fill and frost the entire cake. Recipe attached below. Use 1 1/2 cup butter and 6 cups confectioners sugar, adding more cream as needed, see tip in recipe for perfect light creamy frosting

https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/367337-basic-creamy-vanilla-buttercream-frosting.

1. ASSEMBLE CAKE.

2. Place one cooled red layer of cake bottom side up on serving plate.

3. Frost with some of the vanilla buttercream frosting.

4. Add the white layer, bottom side up.

5. Frost with some frostung.

6. Top with the second red layer of cake, bottom up.

7. Frost entire cake with tthe frosting.

8. Garnish cake with sprinkles. Chill cake for 2 hours for easy slicing.

But I just tasted the cupcakes and they are delicious.

I made this cake on a sheet pan to do the Momofuko cake ,I liked your recipe better plus used your recipe for the buttercream,amazing the only thing I did from the Momofuko was their crumble.

I can't wait to try your other.

If you want an alternate flavor of frosting, coconut or almond extract would be a great substitute for the vanilla extract, just add it to taste.

Each year, our readers (as well as the staff) eagerly anticipate the December issue, anxious to bake and enjoy this show-stopping dessert.