Well. This was an easy one. It required no special equipment, and I had all the required ingredients at home. Only butter (browned), eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla, rum and salt. Pretty easy, right? It was.
First thing was to brown the butter. Have you browned butter yet? You should. It makes everything better, and only takes a few minutes to produce. But the flavor? More interesting, nuttier, and basically WAAAAAAY better.
Then whisk the eggs and sugar together. Then the vanilla, rum and heavy cream.
I used some not-quite-finished homemade vanilla extract. I’m using rum, so I measured out two tablespoons of that, and fished out a bean and scraped out the seeds. The batter ended up flecked with little black dots of the vanilla. We all know that equals extra deliciousness!
I mixed in the flour and folded in the brown butter. And poured it into the pan. And voila! Cake!
The top portion of the cake came off with the aluminum foil that I used to keep it from browning very much. That’s the bit I got to taste. I’m delivering it tomorrow for the teacher luncheon hosted by third grade. I think I’ll quarter up some strawberries and macerate them overnight with some sugar to serve along side of it. And hopefully I’ll hear good reviews from the teachers.
If the way it smells while baking is any indication, this is a delicious cake!
Want to see what other bakers from Baking Chez Moi are making? Here’s the link to see how their Vanilla Weekend Cakes came out
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Oh, it looks wonderful…and I giggled at the thought of you tasting the part on the foil! Your teachers will be very appreciative. 🙂
I also tasted the crumbs and bits that fell off while I wrestled it out of the pan!
I think that pairing strawberries with this cake is a great idea. Nice touch with the homemade vanilla extract!
I can’t wait until the extract is finished!
It turned out perfectly. I’m sure it will be a hit, especially with fresh strawberries.
Thank you!
I’m sure the teachers loved it! you’ll have to make it again, so you get a proper slice. 😉
I too used my homemade pure vanilla extract and found it really gave the cake a nice vanilla flavor. Your cake turned out lovely!
I am sure it will get great reviews! That vanilla looks good.
Your cake looks great! And homemade vanilla extract? That’s taking it a step further!
I bet you will be the teachers’ favourite, for sure! This was a wonderful cake and your idea to use your homemade extract for the rum and the bean was a good one.
Isn’t great when you have everything you need already, not having to go to the store? Love it when that happens. Mmm, strawberries will make a wonderful addition to this cake. I’m sure the teachersl loved it.