I’m a bit late with this one, so this is just a quick post to get caught back up.  I really enjoyed this cake.  The texture is similar to pound cake.  The flavor is simple and delicious, just perfect with your favorite cup of tea.  As the recipe suggests, the flavor develops with aging.  It was very simple to put together, the only part that required a bit of extra attention was browning the butter.  You need to watch it closely so that the end result is “browned butter” not “black butter”.  I used vanilla instead of the vanilla bean, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly.  I think I will have to make this again when strawberry season arrives.  It would be a fabulous cake for strawberry shortcake.

This post participates in the Baking Chez Moi bake-along.   To see the other participants results visit the Tuesdays with Dorie LYL (Leave your link) blog post.  The recipes are not generally posted online.  You will need to buy the book for the complete set of recipes.