Happy Birthday Cake

Name: Happy Birthday Cake
Total time: 55
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar; 1 cup butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 eggs, separated, room temperature; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 1 cup milk, room temperature

Recipe by Carol from allrecipes.com

Dessert 55 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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2 cups white sugar
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1 cup butter, room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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4 eggs, separated, room temperature

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3 cups all-purpose flour
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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1 pinch salt
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1 cup milk, room temperature

Instructions

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