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Nicky's Vanilla Cake
(recipe, Ruth Reichl)
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Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an angel-food or bundt cake pan.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together, and add this to the butter mixture, mixing well. Add the sour cream and mix well; then mix in the vanilla. (The batter will be thick.)
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden. Let the pan cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then turn the cake out of the pan, and leave it on the rack until cool.