Ready to start making the perfect gluten free white cake every time, completely from scratch? Try this gluten free cake recipe that provides a fluffy and moist white gluten free cake.
A soft & light, but sturdy enough to cover in decorations for a classic vanilla birthday cake or stack layers upon layers of white cake for any occasion. This is a simple white cake recipe everyone will love!
Gluten Free White Cake | Classic Birthday Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs large
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose gluten free flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 egg whites
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- Grease and flour two 8×8 inch pans or line a muffin pan with paper liners
- In a stand mixer or using an electric mixer, beat 6 tablespoons unsalted butter on medium-low speed until creamy.6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Add 2 eggs, 2 cups white sugar and 2/3 cup vegetable oil and beat until all ingredients are well-combined and creamy.2 cups white sugar, 2 eggs, 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl and stir in 1 tablespoon vanilla extract.1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- In separate bowl, whisk together 2 2/3 cups all-purpose gluten free flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt2 2/3 cups all-purpose gluten free flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt
- With mixer on medium speed, gradually alternate between adding the gluten free flour mixture and the milk to the butter mixture, starting and ending with the gluten free flour mixture.1 cup milk
- Stir until each one is almost completely combined before adding the next.
- In separate bowl combine 6 egg whites and using a hand-mixer on high-speed beat until stiff peaks form6 egg whites
- Using a spatula, gently fold egg whites into batter
- Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so that ingredients are well-combined, and avoid over-mixing
- Evenly divide cake batter into prepared pans or muffin cups
- Bake on 350F for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake layer comes out clean or with few crumbs, cakes will be a light golden brown when done baking
- Remove from oven and allow to cool in pans for 15 minutes, remove from pans and let cool completely before decorating.
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Tried this gluten free recipe?
Let us know how it was!An easy to make from scratch white cake, that is delicious and perfect for everyone to enjoy. Even if you have never beaten egg whites before, this gluten free dessert recipe will make it worth learning how.
How to Beat Egg Whites to Stiff Peaks for Gluten Free Recipes
Separate egg whites and yolks in a separate bowl first. Even the smallest amount of yolk can ruin egg whites and keep them from reaching stiff peaks. Place egg whites in a clean and grease free bowl.
Stiff peaks are formed when the egg whites have increased in volume. Reaching stiff peaks will take several minutes, keep beating and you will see them start to stiffen in shape! If you pull a beater straight out of the mixture, and a peak forms that does not recede back into itself — it holds its shape. You’ve made egg whites. Once you reach this point, stop beating, as it is possible to over-beat egg whites.
Can this gluten free cake recipe be made into cupcakes?
Yes, converting this cake recipe into cupcakes is easily done. We converted this into a Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcake recipe for you too!
Can this gluten free cake recipe be made using stand mixers?
We understand many of use and prefer hands-free mixing options like stand mixers and hand mixers. Using these is the preferred option, especially when striving to make stiff peaks with your egg whites. Our love for our Kitchenaid Series Stand Mixer has been a hard one to beat, but we do love our classic Hamilton Beach hand mixer too. This cake recipe will work using both stand mixers or hand mixers, or by hand if you have that strength!
I think this is a real great recipe. Thanks Again. So simple to make!
I am impressed with this recipe, I am a fan.
My daughter LOVED her beautiful cake for her birthday! This was her first one as a celiac, and the rest of the family couldn’t believe it was gluten free. Look forward to trying other recipes of yours.
Made this into cupcakes, wow so delicious! Great texture, not too crumbly, moist. Perfect cake batter recipe for cupcakes!
We loved it. Topped it with cool whip.
Delicious cake!
Worked out great! I followed recipe to the letter and added sprinkles for a birthday cake vibe and it was delicious!
This recipe turns out perfect every time. Thank you so much! x
This recipe turned out perfect!! I I’ll definitely be making it again. The flavor and texture was what I was hoping for.
I love this cake recipe! Needed a simple recipe like this to make for my girls and it turned out delicious and so moist. I bake cakes all the time from scratch and this definitely did not come out dry. Making it for the 3rd time tonight!
This one’s a keeper and surely is the “best” I have tried. Perfect addition as my primary white cake recipe choice. Scratch cakes are ideal and do not require much more time than boxed mixes.
I have made this cake multiple times. It has worked as tiered birthday cakes with fondant and with buttercream. I’ve used a raspberry filling in it with great success. This is my go-to cake recipe.
This cake is delicious. It tastes similar to a wedding cake. It is sweet and light. It is a pretty cake also. I made this for a Birthday party. I will use this again.
Simply delicious!! Thank you for sharing this
Holy Yum this cake is SO GOOD! Look no further for the best, whitest, moistest white cake. I used a combination of clear vanilla and almond extract and it is perfect!
Such a good light cake! My go to for a summer dessert. I like doing whipping cream and berries on the top. Comparable to angel food cake
Lovely cake!
I love this cake!!! It comes out perfect every time! I’d like to try to use this recipe for cupcakes too.
Last Tuesday I tried this recipe for my birthday. It is truly a winner. At first I was hesitant to try it, but I decided to. It was so delicious my family and coworkers loved it as well.
What a great gluten free cake! Works as cupcakes too. Daughter was very happy with her birthday white cake 🙂
Love this cake recipe!
I absolutely love this cake recipe! It’s easy to make and I change it up every time I make it. I have added chocolate chips, blueberries, peaches and strawberries. And it comes out great every time.
Worked out great! I followed recipe to the letter and added sprinkles for a birthday cake vibe and it was delicious!
It’s tastes delicious! Very easy to make ^_^!! I used a round pan and still tastes great to me haha. I dusted the top of mine with powdered sugar instead of frosting btw!
Amazing! Everyone liked it and it is very easy to make.
I made this cake in 3 6in cake pans and it was great. I did underbake the last one ( I only have 1 cake pan..) and it sunk in the middle but the first 2 came out perfect.
I must say this is by far the best cake batter recipe I have ever had. Cakes came out perfect each time with multiple sizes of pans from round to rectangular. It had been a double layer sheet cake for 4 birthdays now and I even used it to make my wedding cake which was a 3 tier double layer round.
I will admit I was really intimidated by the egg whites, but I have tried so many white cake recipes and they have all been to dense, crumbly, or didn’t taste great. This is by far the best recipe I have found, it came out perfect.
I just made this cake today for my daughter’s birthday. It was a hit, and so very delicious. I’m upset because there is only a small piece left. Thank you for the recipe!
My niece and I made this for her 15th birthday party. Turned out super moist and just so perfect! Will use again!
yes! It is very tasty, I will be making the recipe again I’m sure.
Fluffy moist just great not overpowering in sweetness
I’ve made this cake before and it was undeniably the best white cake ever. Came out exactly right and so delicious.
I FINALLY found this delicious recipe and have been using it since the beginning of 2020, it’s the best white cake recipe I have found.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I’m a beginning baker and I found it really easy to follow. The cake itself was beautiful & delicious, not too sweet, and easy to add color to if needed. My family also enjoyed it so I know I will definitely be making this again.
Cheers!
Great recipe, it came out perfect and it was a beautiful color and was done perfectly. Thank you for the recipe
Probably the best white cake I’ve made. This will be my go-to from now on. It’s tender, takes color and flavor well, and holds up to decorating. Thanks for sharing!
I loved this recipe and i frosted it with cream cheese frosting
This blows my old go-to white cake recipe out of the water. Using an almond extract really bumps it up to a new level. I’ll definitely be using it for all my white cakes from now on. I live in high altitude, and the only change needed was bumping the oven temp.
Have made this twice and both times turned out amazing!
I love this recipe, have made it so many times. Will never use another vanilla cake recipe again. Thankyou
Delicious, light, and fluffy! Amazing recipe and tastes great! My family loves it!
Loved this cake. I really liked the one layer size as we are a small family. Very moist. Now if you can give me a recipe for this cake in chocolate I would be extremely happy and grateful!
My go to cake recipe! Love this so much, nice and moist and tastes incredible!
An easy 5 stars. Very light and moist gluten free cake that’s easy to make.
It always is great!
Added in confetti sprinkles to the batter and made it a confetti cake!
It was so easy to make, everything is already there at home. I added in chocolate chips aswell! Was very moist and fluffy!!!!!
Perfect cake!
Bookmarked!
Love this recipe. Tried and true.
I made this cake for a birthday cake. It was very yummy.
My family loves it when I make it they enjoy the great taste of homemade cakes when I make them for my family
You can make anything out of it, I just made a apple cinnamon cake, but I would add a pinch of salt to pull out the good flavors
Awesome nothing but nom nom nom whole family ate it
Thank you for your sharing. Made some great cupcakes for my daughters birthday!