Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake

Name: Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12 (Makes two 9-inch cake layers)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), cake flour, plus extra for dusting pans; 1 1/4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 3/4 cups, sugar (12 1/4 ounces/347 grams); 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks), unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1 cup, buttermilk, room temperature; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 6 , large egg yolks, room temperature; 3 , large egg whites, room temperature

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2008, America's Test Kitchen TV

Box mixes are famous for engineering cake with ultralight texture. We set out to make an even fluffier cake—without chemicals and additives.

SERVES 10 to 12 (Makes two 9-inch cake layers)

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