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Swedish Butter Cake

2 cups + 2 Tbsp sifted flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2 large eggs
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 cup lightly salted butter, at room temperature
1 tsp almond or vanilla extract

Grease and flour two 9" pans.  Sift flour, baking powder, & salt
together.  Cream butter & sugar until smooth.  Add eggs, one at a
time.  Alternately add milk and flour mixture, beating after each
addition.  Add vanilla or almond extract.  Spoon into pans, level
off, and push slightly toward sides of pan.  Bake at 350 for 30-35
minutes.  Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack and
cool completely.  Frost as you wish.

Marzipan Cake: add 4 oz canned almond filling with the eggs, and
top with a thinly rolled layer of marzipan.

Orange Cake:  Add zest of 1 1/2 oranges and replace milk with fresh
orange juice, use orange extract instead of vanilla or almond.

Printable version: swedish-butter.txt.