Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake

Name: Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake
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.

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

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