- Melt butter, cool slightly, set aside.
- Prepare (butter, lightly flour and line with parchment) a 9 inch cake pan.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift together in a small bowl the flour, baking powder, salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk sugar and eggs until light and frothy, gently stir in the creme fraiche, vanilla extract and vanilla seeds.
- Fold in the dry ingredients, then melted butter. Pour into the cake pan, bake for approximately 30+ minutes until cake tester comes out clean.Ìý
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, for the simple syrup, in a small saucepan whisk together the 1/3 cup water and 1/3 sugar over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.Ìý
- Pour evenly over the cake while it's still warm in the pan. Let the cake cool completely before adding the rose chantilly cream.Ìý
- For the rose chantilly cream - with a mixer using a whisk attachment, whisk together the heavy cream, rose water extract and vanilla extract.
- Just as it starts to come together add the powdered sugar.
- Finish whipping when it forms soft peaks.Ìý Add more powdered sugar to taste for extra sweetness.Ìý
- Pipe rose chantilly cream onto the cake. Top with raspberries.
Enjoy!
Recipe by Katherine Burns of @rue.dauphine.paris
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