Basic Vanilla Cake

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Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) Sifted Cake Flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon(s) Salt
  • 1/2 cup(s) (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, softened
  • 1 cup(s) Sugar
  • 2 large Eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon(s) Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup(s) Whole Milk




    • Directions
    • Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat an 8-inch cake pan with butter and dust with all-purpose flour. Sift the cake flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
    • Beat in the butter one heaping 1/4 teaspoonful at a time, using an electric mixer set on low speed, until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Beat in the sugar a tablespoon at a time, until the mixture resembles fine damp sand. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla and milk, and beat on medium-high, just until blended. Do not over beat.
    • Pour into the prepared pan and bake until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean — 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
    • Un-mold and cool completely. Ice with Browned-Butter Glaze.

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