• Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare two 9“ or 2 deep 8" cake pans by lining the bottoms with parchment paper and lightly greasing the sides. Set aside.

Sprinkle Vanilla Cake

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• Using mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed 5 minutes until thick and fluffy, scraping down the bowl as needed.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Add vanilla and mix in to combine.
• Reduce mixer speed to medium and add the flour mixture in thirds alternating with the buttermilk, mixing to incorporate with each addition and beat until just combined and smooth.
• Add in sprinkles and mix in to combine.
• Evenly divide batter into your prepared cake pans, and bake on 350F (175C) for 30-35 minutes. When the cake is done, the surface should spring back to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center should come out mostly clean with few moist crumbs (no wet batter).
• Allow cakes to cool in their cake pans for 10-15 minutes before inverting onto cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.

Best Vanilla Frosting

• Using mixer, cream the butter.
• Add the sugar a few cups at a time and mix on low.
• Add in the cream and vanilla and mix together. Add in the remaining powdered sugar and beat on low, then increasing to medium to high speed for about 2-3 minutes.
• Reduce the speed to low and mix an additional minute. Add in more powdered sugar if too thin or add more cream if too thick to get texture desired for frosting.

How to Assemble Layered Cake

• Once cakes have cooled, go ahead and frost or place cakes in fridge tightly wrapped in saran wrap until you are ready to frost. If it’s more than a couple of days, you may be better off placing them in the freezer.
• Place one of cake layers on the pedestal or cake plate.
• Take 1 ½ cups of the vanilla frosting and add a few tablespoons of sprinkles and mix it in.
• Frost the cake layer with the sprinkle vanilla frosting you just made, by first piping a dam ½” around the border, then continue filling in the middle with the rest of your sprinkle vanilla frosting.
• Add the next layer of cake on top.
• Frost cake with remainder of the vanilla frosting, (reserving some to the side if you want to add borders) and then add more sprinkles wherever you want for some pop of color!