Classic Yellow Cake

Name: Classic Yellow Cake
Total time: 900 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 3/4 cup sugar; 4 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks; 1 tbsp Pure vanilla extract; 3 cup cake flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cup buttermilk

llchell @cook_3559130

Classic Yellow Cake

llchell @cook_3559130

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Ingredients

15 mins

1 cupunsalted butter
1 3/4 cupsugar
4 largeeggs plus 2 egg yolks
1 tbspPure vanilla extract
3 cupcake flour
1 tbspbaking powder
1/2 tspsalt
1 1/2 cupbuttermilk

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Steps

15 mins

1

Bring cold ingredients to room temperature. Butter should be soft enough to hold a thumb-print but still keep its shape.
2

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, best butter and sugar on high until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
3

Beat in eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, until combined. Beat in vanilla extract.
4

in another bowl, wish together flour, baking powder and salt.
5

With mixer on low, add 1/3 the flour mixture to butter mixture, beating to combine.
6

Beat in 3/4 cup buttermilk, another 1/3 flour mixture, another 3/4 cup buttermilk, and remaining flour mixture until just combined. Scrape down bowl as needed.
7

Makes 8 cups.