Vanilla Cake Recipe | How To Make Vanilla Cake | Easy And Simple Vanilla Cake Recipe | Graced for Home
A beautiful and simple vanilla cake recipe that is a firm family favourite! Guaranteed a soft and moist cake 🙂
There’s something timeless and nostalgic about the smell of vanilla cake baking in the oven, with the aroma of nutmeg filling the air. In our family, it’s more than just a sweet treat—it’s a tradition, a quiet ritual that brings us together in the most comforting way.
Every few weeks, I’ll pull out my recipe book and bake. It’s simple: flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg and love. Since becoming a mother, I have really enjoyed being in the kitchen to cook and bake. Baking this cake isn’t about perfection. It’s about the anticipation as the sweet, familiar scent wafts through the house and pulls everyone in, little eyes waiting impatiently and expectantly for that first slice.
Sometimes, we bake it for birthdays, and I’ll decorate it, sometimes, just because it’s a rainy day and we need a little warmth. But no matter the reason, that cake always becomes a centerpiece of connection—something we gather around with tea or milk.
Baking, in its own quiet way, is a blessing. It slows us down. It invites us to care—for the food, for the process, and most importantly, for each other. In a world that moves fast, that simple vanilla cake reminds us of the beauty in slowing down and savouring the sweet things in life—together.
I hope you’ll enjoy baking yours!
Adding nutmeg is optional. We love it!
Ingredients:
- 3 Eggs Sugar
- 1cup Oil – ¾cup
- Milk – ½cup
- Nutmeg – 1tsp
- All purpose flour 1½cup
- Baking powder 2tsp
- Vanilla essence – 1tsp

Oh wow this looks and sounds delicious!
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Thank you! It really is! ☺️
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