Name: Happy Birthday Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: White sugar - 2 cups; Unsalted butter, room temperature - 1 cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Eggs, separated and divided, at room temperature - 4; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; Baking powder - 3 teaspoons; Salt, divided - 2 pinches; Milk, room temperature - 1 cup

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Cooking:

30 min.

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Ingredients for - Happy Birthday Cake

1. White sugar - 2 cups

2. Unsalted butter, room temperature - 1 cup

3. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

4. Eggs, separated and divided, at room temperature - 4

5. All-purpose flour - 3 cups

6. Baking powder - 3 teaspoons

7. Salt, divided - 2 pinches

8. Milk, room temperature - 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Happy Birthday Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8- or 9-inch-diameter cake pans.

2. Stage

Cream sugar and butter in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.

3. Stage

Sift flour, baking powder, and a pinch salt together into a bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in three batches, alternating with milk, beating batter briefly after each addition. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and beat for 1 more minute.

4. Stage

Beat egg whites with a pinch salt in a separate bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into cake batter to lighten it; then gently fold in remaining egg whites. Pour batter into the prepared pans.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until the cakes springs back when lightly touched with a fingertip and a tester inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.