Vanilla Wedding Cake

INGREDIENTS

4 cups

sugar

eggs

5 cups

flour

2 cups

whole milk

1 cup

unsalted butter (melted and cooled)

1/2 cup

oil

5 tsp

baking powder

4 tsp

vanilla bean paste ( I use Nielsen-Massey)

egg yolks

1/2 cup

sugar

1/4 cup

cornstarch

1/4 tsp

salt

2 cups

whole milk (separated ½ cup and 1½ cups)

4 tbsp

unsalted butter

2 tsp

vanilla extract (I use Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla)

I made two batches of this. One batch fills a 5 qt mixing bowl, so two batches was necessary as I couldn't combine them.

Be prepared with double the amount of ingredients below.

2 cups

sugar (separated into 1 cup each)

1/4 cup

water

egg whites

1 lb

room temperature (not soft) butter (cut into tablespoon pieces)

3 tsp

vanilla extract (2 teaspoons Madagascar and 1 Orlando Natural Vanilla)