White cake for Finn's birthday

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans 
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans 
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 1/2 cups sugar 
• 2 large eggs 
• 3 large egg yolks 
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk 
• Whipped Frosting

DIRECTIONS 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 

2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix just until combined. 

3. Divide batter between pans; smooth tops. Bake until cakes pull away from sides of pans, 32 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pans and invert cakes onto a wire rack. Let cool completely. 

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