Name: Easy Birthday Cake Recipe
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups cake flour; 1¾ cups white sugar; 1¼ cups water; ½ cup shortening; 2½ tsp baking powder; 1½ tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp salt; For Egg Substitute:; 3 tbsp water; 2 tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil

How To Make Easy Birthday Cake

Make birthdays more special with this versatile birthday cake, a dairy-free soft and moist cake that’s made in just under one hour!

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Total: 55 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

3cupscake flour
1¾cupswhite sugar
1¼cupswater
½cupshortening
2½tspbaking powder
1½tspvanilla extract
1tspsalt

For Egg Substitute:

3tbspwater
2tspbaking powder
3tbspvegetable oil

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
Combine all egg substitute ingredients in a small bowl. Whisk until well combined.
Combine the cake flour, sugar, water, shortening, baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl. Add the egg substitute and beat with an electric mixer for about 4 minutes until well mixed.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely before topping with choice of frosting.
Serve and enjoy.