Name: Bestest As Light And Fluffy As A Butter Cake Can Be!
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 2 sticks of good quality unsalted butter (16 tbsp or 8 oz or 227 grams); 4 Large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup Sugar, divided (1/4 cup + 3/4 cup) or 50 grams + 150 grams; 1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour (or 200 grams). My favorite is Pillsbury bleached all purpose flour. Do not use cake flour.; 2 and 1/4 teaspoons Baking powder; 1/4 cup Whole milk (60 ml), room temperature; 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract; 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons Grated lime, lemon, or orange zest but this is optional

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1.
Preheat oven to 335F degrees.
2.
Spray an 8 inch metal square pan. Please use exactly what it says and preferably a light color pan. If you don't have one, invest in one. You will not regret it.
3.
Separate egg whites from yolk. Beat egg whites until soft peaks and gradually add the 1/4 cup (50 grams) sugar and beat until stiff. Set aside and transfer to another bowl if you need the same bowl to cream the butter.
4.
Cream butter and the 3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar until and fluffy. Be patient. It may take 5-10 minutes. Add the vanilla and zest if using. You can even add some cardamom or nutmeg if you so desire. Then add eggs yolks gradually beating for a few seconds after each addition. Put half the flour (which you mixed with the baking powder, and stirred with a fork for about 1 minute to aerate it) and mix on low speed. Do not overmix.
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Add 1/2 the milk, mix for a few seconds, then the other half, mix for a few seconds, then the remaining flour.
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Put half the egg white and mix on low speed, then fold the rest into the cake batter using a spatula. Be patient. It may take you quite a few turns of the bowl to fold egg whites into flour so don't be discouraged. I've been there so I know. My trick is to turn the bowl as I fold. What I do is to do a "quarter turn" of the bowl (as if I am turning bowl from a zero minute position to a 15 minute position) and fold; then turn bowl to a 30 minute position and fold; turn bowl to a 45 minute position and fold; turn bowl to a zero minute position and fold. Repeat the turning of the bowl and folding until all egg white is well incorporated into bowl. Google the art of folding if needed.
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Pour batter into pan and level it with spatula.
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Bake for 45 minutes at 335F degrees and then 9 minutes at 300F degrees. Please do this exactly. A skewer inserted into middle of cake will/should come out clean. You will see that the cake has risen to the very top of the pan but the surface remains flat (don't worry if you see a few bubbl

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