Vanilla Bean Cake

The most requested cake I have is a vanilla bean cake. I think it because it just has that good natural vanilla tatse that associated with vanilla bean recipies.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 Tbs baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 8 oz sweet butter, softened
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 vanilla beam, split and seeds scraped
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cup milk

Instructions

  1. Sift dry ingredients except sugar. Cream butter and sugar Blend in vanilla seeds
    Add eggs one at a time. mix after each addition. Alternating add dry ingredients with milk Blend well but do not over beat
    Divide batter into two greased and floured round 8 inch cake pans
    Bake in a preheated 350F oven until done about 40 minutes
    Cool on rack, remove and fill and frost.