Name: Perfect Birthday Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 54
Ingredients: Cooking spray (such as Baker's Joy™ Non-Stick Release Spray with Flour) -; White sugar - 3 cups; Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 1 ½ cups; Eggs - 6 large; Vanilla bean paste - 2 teaspoons; Almond extract - 1 teaspoon; Cake flour - 4 cups; Baking powder - 1 tablespoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Baking soda - ¼ teaspoon; 1% milk - 1 cup; Heavy cream - ¼ cup; Half-and-half - ¼ cup

Ingredients for - Perfect Birthday Cake

1. Cooking spray (such as Baker's Joy™ Non-Stick Release Spray with Flour)

2. White sugar 3 cups

3. Unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 ½ cups

4. Eggs 6 large

5. Vanilla bean paste 2 teaspoons

6. Almond extract 1 teaspoon

7. Cake flour 4 cups

8. Baking powder 1 tablespoon

9. Salt ½ teaspoon

10. Baking soda ¼ teaspoon

11. 1% milk 1 cup

12. Heavy cream ¼ cup

13. Half-and-half ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Perfect Birthday Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 12x18x2-inch cake pan with cooking spray.

2 . Stage

Combine sugar and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 8 minutes. Add in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition and scraping the mixing bowl sides. Add vanilla bean paste and almond extract. Mix well.

3 . Stage

Sift together cake flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Combine milk, cream, and half-and-half in a measuring cup.

4 . Stage

Alternate adding sifted cake flour mixture and liquids to the creamed sugar mixture, 4 to 5 times, until everything is well combined and batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and loosely cover with a piece of foil.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 more minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes. Decorate with frosting of your choice.