Best Yellow Cake Ever

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large egg yolks
• 1 cup milk (242 grams)
• 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups sifted cake flour (, 300 grams)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (300 grams)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cool room temperature (170 grams)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease two 9-inch x 1 1/2 inch cake plans line bottoms with parchment paper grease bottom and flour entire pan.
• 3 in a medium bowl lightly combine the yolks, 1/4 cup milk, and vanilla.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients and mix on low speed for 30 seconds to blend.
• 5 add the butter and remaining 3/4 cup milk.
• 6 mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• 7 beat for 90 seconds at medium speed to develop cake structure.
• 8 stop mixer, scrape down the sides.
• 9 gradually add the egg/milk/vanilla mixture in 3 batches, beating 20 seconds after each addition.
• 10 stop mixer, scrape down the sides and give it a final mix by hand.
• 11 pour the batter in the prepared pans and smooth surface.
• 12 (pans will be half full.) bake 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean and the cake springs back when pressed lightly in center.
• 13 (the cakes should start to shrink from the sides of pans after taking them out of the oven.) cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a buttered rack.
• 14 reinvert cakes so that tops are right side up.
• 15 cool to room temperature and wrap tightly with plastic wrap.