Brown Butter Loaf Cake
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Serves: 1 Loaf
 
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup brown butter, cooled and solidified but still soft
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a loaf tin with parchment or spray well with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together brown butter and granulated sugar until fluffy and lightened in color. Beat in eggs until light and fluffy, then add vanilla extract.
  3. In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Mix in about ⅓ of the dry ingredients into the above creamed sugar mixture, mixing until just barely combined. Then mix in about ½ of the buttermilk. Add another ⅓ of dry ingredients, then ½ of buttermilk, then final ⅓ of dry ingredients, mixing between each until just barely incorporated. Be careful not to over mix.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, until loaf appears set and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before serving.
Recipe by Wright Family Table at https://www.wrightfamilytable.com/brown-butter-loaf-cake/