This simple, delicious cake recipe is from France. It's classic, versatile, and buttery.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1./2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs at high speed until very light and fluffy. Sift together flour and baking powder, then fold into batter. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a buttered 8" square cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until light golden brown, and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.
You can serve it with stewed fruit, or ice cream, or jam and powdered sugar, or frost with a simple [link url=http://busycooks.about.com/od/frostingrecipes/r/chocolatcreamfr.htm]Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting. Serves 9
