Yellow Cake {A Scratch Recipe}
"This moist and tender yellow layer cake is so flavorful! It has wonderful richness from buttermilk in the batter. The perfect yellow cake!..."
INGREDIENTS
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3 cups (342g) cake flour
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2 cups (400g) sugar
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2 teaspoons (8g) baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon (3g) baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon (3g) salt
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2 sticks (226g) unsalted butter, softened
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4 large eggs
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1 1/4 cup (299g) buttermilk — **if you do not have buttermilk see note below
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1 Tablespoon (12g) vanilla extract
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3 sticks (339g) unsalted butter, softened (do not soften butter in the microwave)
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8 cups powdered sugar (icing sugar in UK) (920g) more if needed. ** For cupcakes, I like to use 7c. (805g) for a softer frosting
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1 cup (82g) unsweeteded cocoa (not Dutch processed, measure then sift
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3/4 (180g) milk plus 2 Tablespoons or more if needed to reach the spreading consistency you like
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2 teaspoons vanilla (12 grams)
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1 teaspoon salt (6g) we like the finer grain of plain popcorn salt, to cut the sweetness
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