Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 ¼ cups milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment paper. Grease and flour the bottoms and sides of the pans, making sure to remove excess flour.
- Beat 1 ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until well incorporated.
- Sift together flour, 1 tablespoon plus ¾ teaspoon baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Mix milk, vanilla, and almond extract together in a third bowl.
- Alternate adding flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture; blend well. Evenly distribute batter between the 2 prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove cakes from the oven; let sit for 5 minutes. Let cool completely on wire racks before removing cakes from the pans.
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