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Real versus Imitation Vanilla Extract
Jack Bishop is the Executive Editor of Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen, which recently did an extensive taste test between imitation and pure vanilla extract. McCormick's Pure Vanilla Extract was declared the winner.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readJack Bishop is the Executive Editor of Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen, which recently did an extensive taste test between imitation and pure vanilla extract. McCormick's Pure Vanilla Extract was declared the winner.
Vanilla Cake
2 1/2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
4 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
3/4 cup milk
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
1 cup butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
16 ozs confectioners' sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
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