Description
Vanilla Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a moist, buttery vanilla cake topped with tangy-sweet cream cheese frosting. A classic crowd-pleasing dessert.
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter
1½ cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
8 oz cream cheese
½ cup butter
3½–4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare pan.
2. Whisk dry ingredients together.
3. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
5. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk.
6. Bake 35–40 minutes.
7. Cool completely.
8. Prepare frosting and spread over cake.
Notes
Use room-temperature ingredients.
Cool cake fully before frosting.
Store refrigerated.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 34g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 46g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 105mg