Name: Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 ¾ cups; White sugar - 2 tablespoons; Unsalted butter, room temperature - ⅔ cup; Eggs, room temperature - 5 large; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; Baking powder - 1 tablespoon; Baking powder - ¾ teaspoon; Salt - 2 pinches; Milk - 2 ¼ cups; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Almond extract - 1 teaspoon

Recipe information

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake

1. White sugar - 1 ¾ cups

2. White sugar - 2 tablespoons

3. Unsalted butter, room temperature - ⅔ cup

4. Eggs, room temperature - 5 large

5. All-purpose flour - 3 cups

6. Baking powder - 1 tablespoon

7. Baking powder - ¾ teaspoon

8. Salt - 2 pinches

9. Milk - 2 ¼ cups

10. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

11. Almond extract - 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake

1. Stage

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.

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

Sift together flour, 1 tablespoon plus ¾ teaspoon baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.

4. Stage

Mix milk, vanilla, and almond extract together in a third bowl.

5. Stage

Alternate adding flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture; blend well. Evenly distribute batter between the 2 prepared cake pans.

6. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

7. Stage

Remove cakes from the oven; let sit for 5 minutes. Let cool completely on wire racks before removing cakes from the pans.