Yellow Cake Recipe

All- Occasion Yellow Cake
recipe from Gourmet Cookbook; edited by Ruth Reichl, 2004.

2 c. cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick (8 T) unsalted butter, softened
1 c. sugar
3 large eggs (room temp for 30 min.)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 c. whole milk

Sift dry ingredients.
Beat butter and sugars until pale and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla and beat about 5 min.
Reduce mixer speed... add flour mixture and milk alternately, mixing just until batter is smooth. Spread evenly into buttered and floured baking pans.
Bake until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and tester comes out clean--about 25 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool.
Frost as desired.