Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 ¾ cups white sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
⅔ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
5 eggs, room temperature
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking powder
2 pinches salt
2 ¼ cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract

Nutrition Info

378.1 calories
carbohydrate: 57.9 g
cholesterol: 99 mg
fat: 13.3 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 7.2 g
saturatedFat: 7.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 224.7 mg
sugar: 33.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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. Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until well incorporated.

  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.

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

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

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

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

Recipe Yield

2 9-inch cake layers

Recipe Note

This is the best birthday cake recipe that's been perfected for baking at a high altitude of 6,000 feet. It is a dense and moist cake. Frost as desired.

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