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French Vanilla Slab Cake
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 35 Minutes
Servings: 24
to make a rich, eggy, creamy textured cake with all the flavour of the ice cream you know and love.
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp nutmeg
pinch of salt
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup thick cream (carnation makes a canned version, can also use whipping cream)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F with the rack on the lowest level of the oven, grease a 9x13 pan.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs and yolks, one at a time, follwed by the vanilla.
4. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt.
5. Separately combine the whole milk and thickened cream.
6. Starting and ending with the dry ingredients, alternately add the flour and milk mixtures to the creamed mixture, folding in each addition thoroughly. Batter will be very thick.
7. Spread into the prepared pan.
8. Bake 35 minutes on the lowest oven rack.
9. Cool completely in pan before slicing.
By RecipeOfHealth.com