Hi All!
I went to a baby shower today and I had the best cake ever there!
I mean, it was knock your socks off yummy!
It was a white cake that was super moist and flavorful (not almond but a lot of vanilla)
I have tried a few scratch and a bunch of Enhanced Recipes and I can honestly say none of my cakes have ever tasted like this!

I want to find a recipe that is just as moist, soft and yummy as the cake I had today.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

I made Sylvia Weinstock's white cake last week, and I finally understand why people can say they taste a box mix. It had such a pure vanilla flavor that I just loved... Unfortunately, I doctored a white mix that same day and everyone else preferred the mix
Anyway, as for vanilla flavor, that is the cake to try!

Thanks foxy! Out of curiosity ~ What doctored mix do you use?

I just made Colette Peters' Heavenly White Cake today and it was pretty good flavour-wise and was super moist. The flavour was unique due to the brown sugar but it did not turn out white at all because of the brown sugar lol.[/i]

Just a thought, did you ask? Was the cake baker there? Did they purchase from a shop?

I did ask. They purchased from a local bakery. It was a family event so I was a little offended when they didn't ask me ~ until I tried the cake!!

I would totally do some recon on that bakery

I use either Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker White mix, but I doctor with either buttermilk or whole milk instead of water and I add extra vanilla and people RAVE over our white cake. It does NOT taste like a boxed mix at all. I do sometimes add a little almond flavor as well and it is ymmy!

Let me also say that I was emphasizing the cake tasted like vanilla ~ not almond but I am not opposed to an almond flavoring.
I've tried Kakeladi's WASC recipe and although it has a great flavor, it seems to come out dry for me. Not soft, fluffy and moist like the one I had today. Maybe I'm baking it too long?

Foxy ~ do you use this for all cake flavors or just white? What is bourbon vanilla??
It sounds like a moist, fluffier cake!

GI and luvsfreebies72 : too funny! A Cake CSI ~ Do I sense a new business venture idea?
"They bake it together; We take it apart!!"

Just make sure you use real vanilla, bourbon or tahitian, I just wanted to emphasize that I DO NOT use imitation vanilla, it leaves a funny taste in my mouth. And yes, I do that for every type of cake, I just change the flavor of the pudding. It makes a dense moist cake

Yay new show....CSI ~ Cake Shop Investiagator: Cake central style

that's EXACTLY what I had in mind

go buy a small cake and have people eat it and tell you what they taste. Shove it down their throats if ya gotta

I am now a convert to the WASC recipe that's on here (the one with oil). I have also used it with butter cake. I get awesome results everytime! What I do differently is:

cake flour instead of AP flour
plain, full-fat yogurt for the sour cream
buttermilk for the liquid
add 1 small box pudding mix
half the almond extract called for
add a couple tsps - 1 tbsp lemon juice

the buttermilk and the lemon give it a little tang, which I like. The almond is not forefront with a half amount and allows more vanilla flavor to come through. I've never been a fan of white cake or vanilla cake, but I LOOOOOVE this cake

luvs ~ I haven't seen the one with oil. How much?

I was at a bridal shower yesterday and they had a walmart sheet cake...the cake was fluffy and somewhat moist, but it lacked depth in the flavor.
it was blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, non descript, flat and boooorrring.
Hardly anyone touched it past one bite.

Great flavor is a building process, great extracts, buttermilk, yogurt or sour cream and fine ingredients with real butter or good quality oils to carry that flavor and let it linger on the tongue. Without enough fat, you lack depth.

It sounds like the cake you had was a beautiful synergy of ingredients to produce a perfect confection!
A true joy when you can find it and even better when you can create it yourself =)

I use WBH white vanilla, everyone LOVES it. It is addicting.

what is WBH ? white vannila?