Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make BIRTHDAY CAKE!

Anna bakes the perfect cake for a birthday or any special occasion with this moist and scrumptious Vanilla Birthday Cake with Caramel Pastry Cream! Click 'SHOW MORE' for baking ingredients/instructions.
Ingredients
Cake
¾ cup (180 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1⅓ cups (270 g) sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
2½ cups (325 g) cake & pastry flour
1½ (5 g) teaspoons baking powder
½ (3 g) teaspoon baking soda
¼ (2 g) teaspoon salt
1 cup (250 ml) buttermilk, at room temperature
Caramel Pastry Cream
3 tablespoons (45 ml) water
1 cup granulated (200 g) sugar
1 tablespoon (15 ml) white corn syrup
1 cup (250 ml) whipping cream
1 recipe Basic Vanilla Pastry Cream, chilled
Frosting & Assembly
¾ cup (180 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
4-6 (520 g - 780 g) cups icing sugar sifted
6 tablespoons (90 ml) 2% milk
1½ (8 ml) teaspoons vanilla extract
Baking Instructions
1) For the cake preheat the oven to 350 °F (175 C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans. Line the bottom of each pan with parchment paper and then flour the sides of the pans, tapping out any excess.
2) Using electric beaters or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3) Add this alternately with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour and mixing well after each addition. Divide the batter evenly between the 2 pans.
4) Bake the cakes for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cakes for 20 minutes in their pans, then carefully turn out to cool completely on a rack.
5) For the caramel pastry cream, bring the water, sugar and corn syrup to a full boil in a medium saucepot. Boil, uncovered and without stirring, occasionally brushing the sides of the pot with water, until it is a light amber colour. Whisk in the cream gradually (take care for the steam) until fully incorporated, and cool to room temperature. Whisk 1/3 cup of the caramel sauce into the pastry cream and chill until ready to assemble.
6) For the frosting, use a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or using electric beaters, beat the butter until it is fluffy. Add 2 cups of the icing sugar and first beat on low speed to incorporate, then increase the speed to high, until fluffy. Add the milk and vanilla and beat in. Add the remaining 2 cups of icing sugar and beat in, adding further up to 6 cups until a fluffy and spreadable consistency is achieved (the softness of your butter when you begin is the reason you may have to make this adjustment).
7) To assemble, place the first cake layer on a plate or platter. Fill a piping bag fitted with a plain tip with about a cup of frosting and pipe a ring around the outside of the cake (this prevents the pastry cream from seeping out). Scrape half of the caramel pastry cream into the centre of this and spread to level. Top this with the second cake layer, and spread a thin coating of frosting on the top and sides of the cake and chill for 20 minutes (this is the crumb coat). Now completely coat the top and sides of the cake with frosting and level until smooth. Using a pastry bag fitted with a piping tip of your choice, pipe a design on the top edge of the cake. Stir the remaining caramel sauce into the remaining half of the caramel pastry cream and spread this on the top of the cake. Chill until ready to serve.
8) The cake can be made up to a day in advance and stored, refrigerated until ready to serve.
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I like the idea of sifting over parchment and using it to transfer to the bowl. Thanks, Anna.

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I made this vanilla cake today for my strawberry shortcàke and was perfect. It is a soft moist cake not dense like other cakes i have tried and sweetness is just right. This recipe is for keeps. Thank you for sharing.

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I really love the way she gives out the instructions on how to or what to add. So precise and simplified instructions

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OMG You're the best Pastry Chef ever:) you make everything look so simple!

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I made it yesterday and it’s amazing! Used cream cheese frosting instead of buttercream but it still came out great :) Thank you for the recipe, Anna!

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i made this cake for my husband's bday. he loved it as well as our friends. thank you for the recipe.

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I tried it numerous times. It turned out so well just like bakery cakes. Everyone liked it ,I keep getting more orders for this cake. Thank you Anna

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[@loz1985]

Hands down the nicest vanilla cake I have made. I added a bit of vanilla paste too. I have tried sooo many recipes with medicocre or dry tasteless results. It seems vanilla is the hardest to perfect but this was delicious and a keeper! a go to recipe for sure, thank you, Anna. ☺

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Was it moist?

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I have been looking for a recipe on how to make caramel frosting and now I know how to make it. thanks oh yum. this will be very helpful.

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I’ve made this cake , and it’s delicious! My new go to vanilla cake

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Hi Anna, I tried this recipe and it turned out really well. Thank you so much. 😊

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That’s a bakery kitchen not a house kitchen

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Perfect everytime I bake it. Thank you Anna

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Been making this cake for my couzin and they love it..credit to the chef anna thank you for sharing. And now i’m sharing this to my vlog. Thanks to you i’ve found the right recipe for vanilla cake.;)

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My wife is making this for her birthday next weekend! We have the recipe from the book but it’s nice to see the cake being made! Klaus

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I wanna thank you so much.. I tried the cake recipe yesterday, first of all, it's very easy, took no time. Second, it tastes greeeeeeeat... and I do mean great. So fluffy, so moisture, tasty, and very light. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's like fancy bakeries cakes, if not better.

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How much flower did you use?

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This cake looks oh so delicious!!

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I made the cake today and it came out pretty nice, super moist and perfect vanilla flavour! I didn't have enough butter so I used 1/2 cup of butter and 1/4 cup oil, I also replaced the buttermilk with some watered down vanilla greek yoghurt. The only negative was that there were major air pockets in the cake, even though I knocked the cake tins on the counter several times before putting them in the oven. Next time I will run a knife through the cake batter before baking. Thanks for this great recipe!! It will be my go to any time I need a vanilla cake!

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This cake looks heavenly! My birthday is in April, and I have asked my mom (who is a very talented baker) to make this for me. I can't wait! I ain't sharing! LOL

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This recipe was amazing, took quite a while to make, especially the decorating but it was worth it! Everyone loved it. It was my first time using "cake flour" as I had only ever used all purpose and wow it was so light! I'll definitely be adding corn flour to more cakes.

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Beautiful

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Looks absolutely delicious!

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I drools. Shows how starving I am to taste that cake 😂 On side note, I wish I got that kitchen with a full equipment and ingredients stocked up. The way she just scooped those flours up woww. 😅

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I've tried 3 vanilla cake recipes and they all turned out a disastor .. i was so dispointed than i remembered anna olson has a basic recipe for every kind of cake so i made it à few hours ago, my lil brothers ate it before i make the frosting so this gives you a clue about how delicious it is .. thank you anna u the best

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It looks so good!

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Wow! I think this will be my next recipe to make :)

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it looks so good! only other thing I'd add is a crunchy element (probably pecans).

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Very pretty cake, looks really delicious, too!

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I definitely want a piece of it

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Then you better get baking!

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I would like to make this for my son's birthday. Can I cut the two cakes to then make 4 layers? Thanks for such a great recipe and so well explained.

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Looks delicious as always

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This looks amazing cant wait to try it. So the vanilla pastry cream is bought separate right? Then mixed with the carmel

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Is there a video with a tour of your kitchen? I love your built-in sugar and flour bins.

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Good morning Anna, thank you for this and every recipe u shares Just want to ask if I can make this cake with normal milk and without pastry flour?

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Just keep practicing and you will get there!

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I made it, let me tell you everyone love it, taste AMAZING, thank you

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I LIKE IT

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Dream kitchen! God, I'd love to bake in such a space, with those lovely ovens, cooling racks, bins for sugar and flour etc. Plus it's pretty. :D

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Yes it is a great space.

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I made a Devils food cake following your video and it turned great.

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Mrs Olson, could you show how to bake Le Gateau Magique? and explain why one batter, one bake turns into 3 types of cake?