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Bay Pound Cake

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Bay Pound Cake

A tender. moist pound cake recipe with a buttery crumb, infused with herbal bay leaves.

Ingredients

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    1 stick plus 1 tablespoon butter, sliced; at room temperature
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    8 – 10 small to medium sized bay laurel leaves, fresh or dried
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    1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
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    1 cup granulated sugar
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    1 teaspoon baking powder
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    ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
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    3 eggs, at room temperature
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    ½ cup crème
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    Powdered sugar

Method

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    Melt 6 tablespoons of the butter in a small saucepan. Take the pan off the heat and add 3 bay leaves. Let steep 1 hour; remove bay leaves and discard.
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    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a standard loaf pan with some butter; dust the pan evenly with flour and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper (easiest way to do this is to place the pan on the paper and trace all around the bottom edge with a pencil; use scissors to cut it out).
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    Dab one side of the remaining bay leaves in a bit of butter and lay them evenly along the bottom of the loaf pan, buttered side down.
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    Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
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    Combine the eggs, crème fraiche, and melted butter in a medium bowl; gently stir into the flour mixture just until the batter is smooth, without over-mixing.
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    Scrape batter into the pan carefully over the bay leaves. Put the remaining butter in a small zip-top bag and snip off one corner. Pipe the butter in a line down the center of the batter; bake 45 – 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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    Remove from the oven and cool 10 minutes; run a knife around the edge of the pan, then turn the cake out onto a rack to cool completely. Dust top with powdered sugar.
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