Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/3 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon, zested
- 4 2/3 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- 2
Grease a 9 1/2- inch square baking pan with 1 teaspoon butter and set aside.
- 3
Melt 1 cup butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in the sugar until thoroughly combined.
- 4
Stir in the vanilla.
- 5
Whisk in the eggs, one by one, whisking well between each egg.
- 6
Stir in the salt and lemon zest.
- 7
Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- 8
In a separate bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together. Gently stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture.
- 9
Stir in the milk, folding the batter lightly with a spatula until thoroughly combined.
- 10
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
- 11
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.· 55m
- 12
Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; invert the cake onto a second wire rack and let cool completely.· 10m