Vanilla White Bundt Cakes

These moist Vanilla White Bundt Cakes are so pretty and delicious!  They are made with sour cream to give them an amazing soft, yet dense texture. 

Made from scratch, it's the best and perfect vanilla white cake recipe for all of your mini bundt cakes, cupcakes, wedding and birthday cake celebrations!

White cake is one of our most classic, favorite cake flavors! By enhancing it with some vanilla and almond extract, it will taste and smell incredible!   

It's amazing with a variety of frostings and glazes, and when it's loaded with lots of pretty sprinkles to make the cake (s) complete!

Tips for moist Vanilla White Bundt Cakes

• The recipe is fairly easy.  The most important thing about making these is to follow the mixing instructions. 
• For the shortening and butter, I took a paper plate and used a knife to cut through them for cubes/bits to make the mixture crumbly when mixing it.  Don't drop big clumps of it into the flour mixture for best results.
• Use room temperature ingredients for best results, such as the egg whites, butter, shortening.
• Don't overwhip the batter as this will cause the cake to rise too much during baking and then collapse while cooling, producing a gummy layer.  
• The cakes are baked  in these mini bundt cake pans. It is important to generously butter and flour each cavity or use Baker's Joy. Baker's Joy is the best product I've found to use and I never have issues with cake sticking in the patterned depressions.  Try it and see how you like it!!
• If you are using a dark colored pan, reduce the oven temperature 25 degrees. The reason we do this is because a dark colored pan absorbs more of the energy coming from the oven walls so it becomes hotter and transmits heat faster than a light colored pan. Reducing the oven temperature slightly will help compensate for this.  
• This recipe is great for all your vanilla cake dreams!  Double the recipe to make 24 cupcakes, 12 bundt cakes or 1 bundt cake pan, or a layered cake with 2 - 8 inch round (2 inch deep) cake pans.
• Storage - The cakes will keep about 4 days at room temperature or about 5 to 7 days in the refrigerator. Can also be frozen 2-3 months.

Ingredients You Need for Vanilla White Bundt Cakes

Vanilla White Cake

• all-purpose flour
• granulated sugar
• Baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• shortening
• unsalted butter, room temperature
• sour cream, full fat (can also use Greek Yogurt)
• milk of choice whole milk if you can get it
• vanilla extract
• almond extract
• egg whites, room temperature

Vanilla Glaze

• confectioners sugar
• vanilla extract
• milk of choice or heavy cream
• Optional sprinkles

Vanilla White Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a bowl, mix together the sour cream, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract and egg whites together. Whisk until smooth and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
4. Whisk together.
5. Add the shortening and butter in chunks to the flour mixture.
6. Mix until the flour is coated with the shortening and butter. The mixture will be crumbly.
7. Add in half the liquid mixture and mix just until combined.
8. Add in the last half of the liquid mixture and mix just until combined.
9. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then mix again, only for 10-15 seconds.
10. You want to be careful not to over-beat the batter.
11. Pour into the greased and floured cake pans and bake at 325 degrees for 18-25 minutes
12. Remove the cakes from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool, in the pan, for about 10 minutes. Then remove the cakes from the pan to finish cooling before frosting
13. Cover with glaze or buttercream & sprinkles!

Vanilla Glaze

1. Place the confectioners sugar in a small bowl. Add the vanilla extract and about 2 tablespoons of the cream and whisk until you have a thick and smooth glaze. Add more cream or powdered sugar, if needed, to get the correct pouring consistency.
2. Slowly pour the glaze over the tops of the cakes, allowing it to drip down the sides, add sprinkles if desired. Let the frosting dry before covering and storing. 

More Bundt Cake Love!

• Pumpkin Bundt Cake
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• Chocolate Chip Mini Bundt Cakes
• Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
• Chocolate Kahlua & Cream Bundt Cake
• Orange Cream Glazed Pound Cakes
• Easy Cinnamon Roll Bundt Cake
• Caramel Apple Bundt Cake
• Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes

White Cake Bundt Cakes

Kim Lange

These moist Vanilla White Bundt Cakes are so pretty and delicious!  They are made with sour cream to give them an amazing soft, yet dense texture.  Made from scratch, it's the perfect white cake recipe for all of your mini bundt cakes, cupcakes, wedding and birthday cake celebrations!

4.80 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 18 mins

Course Dessert

Servings 6 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Vanilla White Cake

• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup shortening
• ⅛ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ½ cup sour cream full fat
• ¼ cup milk of choice whole milk if you can get it
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon almond extract
• 3 egg whites large eggs

Vanilla Glaze

• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-3 tablespoons milk of choice or heavy cream
• Optional sprinkles

Instructions

 

Vanilla White Cake

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• In a bowl, mix together the sour cream, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract and egg whites together. Whisk until smooth and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk together.
• Add the shortening and butter in chunks or cubes to the flour mixture and use mixer to mix until the flour is coated with the shortening and butter. The mixture will be crumbly.
• Add in half the liquid mixture and mix just until combined.
• Add in the last half of the liquid mixture and mix just until combined.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then mix again, only for 10-15 seconds.
• You want to be careful not to over-beat the batter.
• Pour into the greased and floured cake pans and bake at 325 degrees for 18-25 minutes
• Remove the cakes from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool, in the pan, for about 10 minutes. Then remove the cakes from the pan to finish cooling before frosting
• Cover with glaze or buttercream & sprinkles!

Vanilla Glaze

• Place the confectioners sugar in a small bowl. Add the vanilla extract and about 2 tablespoons of the cream and whisk until you have a thick and smooth glaze. Add more cream or powdered sugar, if needed, to get the correct pouring consistency. Slowly pour the glaze over the tops of the cakes, allowing it to drip down the sides, add sprinkles if desired. Let the frosting dry before covering and storing. The cakes will keep about 4 days at room temperature or about 5 to 7 days in the refrigerator. Can also be frozen.

Notes

Double the recipe to makes 24 cupcakes, bundt cakes or 1 bundt cake pan, 2 - 8 inch round (2 inch deep) cake pans.

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