2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring)
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature 30 minutes
1 cup well-shaken buttermilk
Caramel Glaze-
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Make cake-Preheat oven to 350 F with rack in middle.
Butter an 8-inch square cake pan and line bottom
with a square of parchment paper, then butter
parchment.Sift together flour, baking powder, baking
soda, and salt.
Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an
electric mixer at medium speed until pale and
fluffy, then beat in vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a
time, beating well after each addition. At low
speed, beat in buttermilk until just combined
(mixture may look curdled). Add flour mixture in 3
batches, mixing until each addition is just
incorporated.
Spread batter evenly in cake pan, then rap pan on
counter several times to eliminate air bubbles.
Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in
center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a
knife around edge of pan. Invert onto rack and
discard parchment, flip cake so it is right-side
up and then cool completely, about 1 hour.
Make glaze-Bring cream, brown sugar, corn syrup,
and a pinch of salt to a boil in a 1 1/2-quart
heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until
sugar has dissolved. Boil until glaze registers
210 to 212 F on thermometer, 12 to 14 minutes,
then stir in vanilla. Put rack with cake in a
shallow baking pan and pour hot glaze over top of
cake, allowing it to run down sides. Cool until
glaze is set, about 30 minutes.
---Confession time- I don’t sift the flour first.
Instead, I just sift 2 cups of cake flour and call
it a day. Bad, I know. But I feel like the lack of
sifting is made up for by the 2 tablespoons of
flour I am omitting, right?
Originally Submitted
7/31/2012
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