Vanilla Rosemary Layer Cake Recipe

Vanilla Rosemary Layer Cake

November 2, 2015 by Sandra 10 Comments

Vanilla Rosemary Layer Cake sounds a little fancy smancy but it’s not. It’s just a plain vanilla cake kicked up a bit with the addition of some very good vanilla paste and a few springs of rosemary as a garnish.

For years, I’ve been tweaking a few of my vanilla cake recipes and testing lots of others. To me there is a fine line between vanilla and white cake and I am a fan of both. If I want white cake, I want the result to be pure white so if the recipe calls for egg yolks and butter then its vanilla. Egg whites and butter are tiptoeing on that line but may pull it off.

I’ve tried a few white cake recipes that use shortening for the fat component,…