I need a simple recipe for a wedding cake. Vanilla is the preferred flavoured.?

I would like it to be easy to make and I would also like the cake to have 3 tiers. Any recipes that others have would help. I need to know what type of cake to bake because I have no idea what kind of cake is light enough and easy to ice.I need a simple recipe for a wedding cake. Vanilla is the preferred flavoured.?
The Wilton site has loads of valuable information about recipes, fillings, frostings -- along with advice on assembling wedding cakes. There is a chart that tells how much batter is needed for the different sized pans needed for the tiers, bake times, how much frosting is needed to cover and decorate.





A few years ago I made my niece's wedding cake and this site was a tremendous help. After baking, decorating and sampling many different scratch recipes, we decided that the Duncan Hines White Cake Mix was by far the best for taste, ease in decorating and stability.





Also, to make frosting easier, make your layers in advance, level, freeze, crumbcoat, freeze again, then frost while layers are frozen. Hope your cake turns out wonderful.





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Wedding Cake





INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)


1 cup butter, softened


3 cups white sugar


7 eggs


1 tablespoon vanilla extract


3 cups all-purpose flour


1/4 teaspoon baking powder


1/4 teaspoon baking soda


1 cup sour cream











DIRECTIONS


Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan or a 10 inch Bundt pan.


In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix until all of the flour is absorbed. Finally, stir in the sour cream. Mix for 1 or 2 minutes just to be sure there are no lumps. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.


Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. For Bundt cakes, allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.
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Wedding Cake





Prep Time: 20 Minutes


Cook Time: 1 Hour





Ready In: 1 Hour 20 Minutes


Servings: 24


';This is a very simple moist white cake. It works best if all of the ingredients are at room temperature.';


Ingredients:


1 cup butter, softened


3 cups white sugar


7 eggs


1 tablespoon vanilla extract





3 cups all-purpose flour


1/4 teaspoon baking powder


1/4 teaspoon baking soda


1 cup sour cream


Directions:


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan or a 10 inch Bundt pan.


2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix until all of the flour is absorbed. Finally, stir in the sour cream. Mix for 1 or 2 minutes just to be sure there are no lumps. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.


3. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. For Bundt cakes, allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.





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While there may be those who object to this answer; if this is your first time, you may want to start with a boxed cake. Don't know if you are in the UK or not and have access to US cake mixes but I can tell you that they are stable and dependable. They are routinely used as the basis for wedding cakes back home.





However, here is a good recipe from the Wilton website which is the 1st choice of the amateur and professional cake bakers in the US;





6 cups cake flour, sifted


2 tablespoons baking powder


1 陆 cups butter or margarine, softened


3 cups granulated sugar


2 cups milk


1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract


12 egg whites





Makes 12 cups of cake batter


Preheat oven to 325掳F. Grease bottom of pans and line with waxed paper or parchment paper, or use Cake Release.


Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Set aside. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Set aside. With mixer at slow speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk (begin and end with dry). Beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Gently fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pans. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.


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Besure you visit these links so you can understand the amounts of batter you will need for each tier, the baking times and lots of helpful suggestions on how to create the perfect wedding cake!





Cheers %26amp; happy baking!