Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake

Name: Best High-Altitude Birthday Cake
Total time: 50
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.75 cups white sugar; 2 tablespoons white sugar; 0.66666668653488 cup unsalted butter, room temperature; 5 large eggs, room temperature; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 0.75 teaspoon baking powder; 2 pinches salt; 2.25 cups milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe by ejcelli from allrecipes.com

Dessert 50 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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1.75 cups white sugar
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2 tablespoons white sugar
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0.66666668653488 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
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5 large eggs, room temperature
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon baking powder

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0.75 teaspoon baking powder
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2 pinches salt
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2.25 cups milk
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

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.
Beat 1 ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until well incorporated.
Sift together flour, 1 tablespoon plus ¾ teaspoon baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
Mix milk, vanilla, and almond extract together in a third bowl.
Alternate adding flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture; blend well. Evenly distribute batter between the 2 prepared cake pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove cakes from the oven; let sit for 5 minutes. Let cool completely on wire racks before removing cakes from the pans.