🚨 Important update — I was in a coma and this channel changed because of it. Please watch this first before you subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQx7-RSInhI 🍰🎁 FREE "How to Make a Cake Like a Pro" Mini Course! Start baking today 👉 https://cleverdoughcakes.com/cakelikeapro 😊 These are my favourite easy cake and icing recipes—perfect for beginners learning how to bake a cake or anyone craving sweet success. 🎂 In this step-by-step vanilla birthday cake tutorial, I’ll show you how to bake a cake and make a delicious vanilla sponge cake from scratch at home. With over 6 million views from 2011–2025, this homemade cake recipe is a fan favourite! Step-by-step baking instructions to make a cake... Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe - 6 eggs separated - 1 cup (230 ml) sugar - 1 cup (230 ml) flour - 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract (pure is yummier) - 1 tsp (5 ml) lemon extract (or real lemon juice) - 1 tsp (5 ml) salt - 1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder - 1 tsp (5 ml) white vinegar (optional) Step-by-step Cake Baking Instructions - Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). - Prepare your pan for cake baking. - Separate egg whites and yolks. - Add sugar, vanilla, and lemon to yolks. - Mix flour, salt, and baking powder separately. - Whip egg whites until stiff. - Whip yolks with sugar mixture. - Gently fold yolk mix into whites (don't beat). - Fold in flour a little at a time. - Pour into pan and bake 20–30 min. (Toothpick should come out clean.) - Cool your cake completely before decorating. In the next video, we’ll decorate with a rich mocha buttercream icing recipe—the perfect finishing touch for your homemade vanilla sponge cake! 👉 https://youtu.be/ICzLbOw5Ef4 Thank you so much for baking along with me! 🥰 Comment below: What's your favourite cake to bake at home? ⏱️ Timestamps: How To Bake A Cake Step-by-Step 00:00 🎉 Intro: How to Bake a Cake from Scratch 00:14 🔥 Setting Oven Temp for Cake Baking (YIKES! What's in my hair?👇) 00:28 🍯 Pro-tip: Buttering Your Pan Like a Pro 02:49 🎂 Gathering Ingredients for How to Make a Cake 03:45 🌀 Mixing Secrets for Cake Batter 04:38 🥚 Separating Eggs for Sponge Cake 05:20 🧼 Top Hygiene Tips for Baking 06:46 🍋 Adding Zesty Lemon to Cake Recipes 08:09 🍦 Whipping Egg Whites Perfectly 09:19 🥄 Combining Cake Batter 11:01 🍞 Crafting the Perfect Blend 12:39 🎈 Cake Mix Ready for Oven 13:32 🍮 Filling the Pan for Baking Beginners 14:20 🔥 Baking Your Homemade Cake 15:01 🧽 Quick Cleanup After Baking 15:51 🪶 Toothpick Test: Is Cake Done? 16:39 🍃 Cooling the Cake Right #howtobakecake #howtobakeacakeathome #howtomakecake #makecakeeasy #bakecake #spongecake #vanillacake #cakerecipe #baking #spongecake #cakerecipe #cakebaking 🎬 Ready to keep baking? If you loved learning how to bake a cake at home, don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell! 🛎️ New cake recipes, icing tutorials, and easy decorating tips are on the way. Why no milk or butter? Check out the videos below... 🎬 NEXT WATCH: My How To Bake A Cake Q&A Series: 🍰 How To Bake A Cake Q&A - Part 1 - https://youtu.be/ZyFC7tMw4SY 🍰 How To Bake A Cake Q&A - Part 2 - https://youtu.be/iAWuXIXAoJ4 🍰 How To Bake A Cake Q&A - Part 3 - https://youtu.be/to4kIWkKzNk 🍰 Original How To Bake A Cake Video: https://youtu.be/cIjJ9Bce3tI 🍰 Short How To Make a Cake Video: https://youtu.be/x6mNZhdUmhM 🍰 How To Make Mocha Icing: https://youtu.be/ICzLbOw5Ef4 🎬 THEN WATCH: My Icing & Cake Recipes 🎂 Boiled Icing: https://youtu.be/r6ERJOxNpCI 🍫 Mocha Icing: https://youtu.be/ICzLbOw5Ef4 🍥 Marshmallow Fondant: https://youtu.be/jXKMdzqlFWM 🍫 Chocolate Cake: https://youtu.be/n537JQzMdco 🧁 Cupcakes: https://youtu.be/Wvcl9ben3Qo 🌬️ Pavlova Cake: https://youtu.be/TDoLG2NR5AE 👼 Angel Food Cake: https://youtu.be/DTGRhlIouOQ 🍉 Watermelon Cake: https://youtu.be/LKbIoI0ZSJE 🎨 ALSO WATCH: Cake Decorating Videos 🍰 3 Most Common Piping Tips (Easy Piping Techniques Cake Decorating Tutorial) 👉 https://youtu.be/yez4i7O5VOU 🍰 Different Cake Borders (Piping An Icing Braid Border or Rope Border) 👉 https://youtu.be/zvgDYehFXuI 🍰 How to Pipe a Snail Trail Icing Border | Icing Techniques Tutorial 👉 https://youtu.be/ziPuyeEOAoU 🙋♀️ Who Am I? Hi, I'm Amanda van der Gulik, founder of CleverDough.com. You might know me from my "How To Bake A Cake" and "How To Make A Cake" tutorials. After a life-changing coma, I pivoted to YouTube marketing and now help entrepreneurs rank their videos and create evergreen success. 🍰 LET'S CONNECT 💬 Was my How To Bake A Cake video helpful? Comment below! 💬 YouTube: https://youtube.com/amandavandergulik Website: https://CleverDough.com 🍪🍰 Baker’s Whisper Disclaimer: Some links are affiliate links. If you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission (no extra cost to you). Thanks for keeping the oven warm and supporting my channel! 🥄🍩 What's in my hair? A magnetic milk bag ripper from our fridge! It stuck to my braid while showing you how to bake a cake. I found out 3 years later!
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FINALLY!!! SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY TELLS YOU STEP BY STEP HOW TO BAKE A CAKE!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
Me looking at how many years ago like : 👁️👄👁️
anyone bored in quarantine so this is what you doing now
I love how this video is 9 years old but you still like everyone’s comments or reply :)
OMG finally someone who explains things without assuming beginners know all the little tips! AND FINALLY someone who uses a regular hand mixer instead of those hundred dollar stand mixers lol THANKYOU
Did you know, I was in a 3 week COMA!!! 😳 Being an ARDS survivor is wonderful but has it's challenges, one being that it's extremely hard for me to bake and decorate cakes on my own anymore. 😥🍰🎂🥮😥 But my family are amazing at helping me create more baking and decorating videos for you. 🤗🥰💖 In the meantime, I've put together a special playlist on my second channel all about my coma experience, what it's like to be in a coma, wake up from one, being an ARDS survivor now living with POTS, etc. You can watch that here: (...and if you are a parent or entrepreneur then definitely make sure to subscribe to my second channel as week as this one.) Enjoy! 📽🎬🎞📺 /playlist?list=PLiOtkIjyaxNc6xwt0YAReyrucrrgbZvR8 Also, if you enjoyed my video, then please share it with your family and friends with this link -- /cIjJ9Bce3tI Thanks so much! You're AWESOME!!! 👊😀😍😊😚💋💗 After you share this video with your friends, then make sure you check out my Clever Dough Cakes Fun Cake Decorating Videos Playlist to get even more cake baking and decorating ideas to use on your own cakes: /playlist?list=PLQ_pVxsrc-hlFOpzWSxNcJQmypWJdyt_N 🔥Don't forget to subscribe and click the notification bell above so you'll know the moment my next video comes out with more fun cake decorating tips and ideas, you can subscribe right here: /VHLZe0 ENJOY! Thanks for watching and leaving your supportive comments below, I love hearing from you and replying back! 💗
she should have millions of subs. this is the best step by step baking video I have ever seen. I already have lots of experience baking but for someone who is only starting should watch this amazing video!
The moment she said “wash your hands” im already sold.
Thank you for entertaining me and my GF. Now we are off to the supermarket to buy the ingredients 😎
What a nice lady !! Thank you for making this video :)
Ms. Amanda, I wanted to let you know, that following your recipe, I baked my first ever cake. I also decorated with your butter cream frosting, as described by you in another video. I am happy. Thank you. It's perfect
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Check out the birthday cake my daughter just made for her QUARANTINED 18th birthday /KWGFXQhWbGw Also don't forget to download your FREE Marshmallow Fondant Recipe here: 🎁 🎁 🎁 /freegift-yummiestfondantrecipe Watch My NEWEST Cake Video here: /AuLdnI No Butter or Milk? Your Cake Questions Answered here: /watch?v=ZyFC7tMw4SY&list=PLQ_pVxsrc-hmL80zYv882fkcsBT7IAu4M If you enjoyed this video, please share it with a friend and let me know in the comments below if you are excited to make this cake for yourself!
For the first time i watch a cake video with excellent explanation! Can't wait try it!!
Your recipe was so good that when I finished eating the cake i made another one
Thank you! I'm 11 years old and gonna be 12 years old in May 13. In us, tomorrow will be Mother's Day and my Mom is preparing my birthday all year and I wanna return the favour. I'm gonna make the cake now, wish me luck! Thank you again!
You are a good teacher. Thanks for making it easy
🤗🍰Have you tried my vanilla sponge cake? How did you like it? Let me know in the comments... 💥 Access my FREE 10-Part Email Course to learn: _How To Bake Cakes Like A Pro!_ 🍰 🎁👉 *Sign up here for free:* /cakelikeapro 👩🍳 🎞Now that you know _how to bake a cake_ here is the *mocha icing recipe* I promised you: /ICzLbOw5Ef4 😋 Want to know why there is no milk or butter in this cake recipe? Find out here... 🙋♀ *Cake Q&A:* /watch?v=ZyFC7tMw4SY&list=PLQ_pVxsrc-hmL80zYv882fkcsBT7IAu4M/s/gaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f44d.png/s/gaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f631.png
Join me for a 4 week Goal Achieving Challenge! Details here: /watch?v=cT_IKbJzp-Q I hope you will make my favourite sponge cake and love it as much as me and my family do. It's my very favourite cake in the whole world!💖🍰😚 Oh, and definitely try both my Mocha Buttercream icing and my homemade marshmallow fondant too. They both go so well with this cake. Baking yummy cakes doesn't have to be difficult or expensive. I've put together a special video for you to help you save money on your baking ingredients (and all of your household groceries too) You can watch it on my second channel (my financial literacy for families channel) here: /42vqHyWKYb0 Oh and I have a FREE GIFT for you, my "Floral Wedding Cake Magic" ebook, where I show you how to make a beautiful floral wedding cake, and you also get my homemade marshmallow fondant recipe too! I hope all of these will really help you. Big, BIG HUGS! 😁🤗💖🍰
This was made in 2011 and theres still so much people watchin