Yellow Cake Recipe3 cups sifted cake flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup or 2 sticks unsalted butter 2 cups superfine or strained sugar 4 large eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup milk 1. Preheat the oven to 350 fahrenheit degree. Grease a 10-inch angel food cake pan. Using a triple sifter, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces and put them in the large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with beaters or the paddle attachment. Soften on low speed. Increase the speed to medium-high and cream until smooth and light in color about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. 2. Add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, taking about 8-10 minutes blend it in well. Scrape the sides of the bowl occassionally. Add the eggs, 1 at a time at 1-minute intervals. Scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. 3. Blend in the vanilla extract. Reduce mixer speed to medium-low. Add the dry ingredients alternatively with the milk, dividing the flour mixture into four parts and the liquid into three parts and starting and ending with the flour. Mix just until incorporated after each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix for 10 seconds longer. 4. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface with the back of tablespoon. Center the pan on the rack and bake in the preheated oven to 65 to 70 minutes or until the cake is golden brown on top and comes away from the sides of the pan. A twig of straw or a toothpick inserted into the center should come out dry. 5. Remove the cake from the oven and set the pan on a cake rack to cool to room temprature. If you are using a pan with a removable bottom, remove the pan by lifting up the center tube and running a sharp, thin-bladed knife under the cake and around the inner tube to loosen the cake. Invert the cake onto the cake rack. 6. If your pan does not have a removable bottom, run a thin, sharp knife around the outer sides and inner tube, then invert the cake onto the rack. Place on a cake platter top side up. Just before serving, dust the top of the cake with confectioners' sugar. 7. Enjoy!
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