Gateau De Sirop

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10


• 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened at room temperature, more for buttering pan


• 2 cups flour, more for pan


• 1/2 cup sugar


• 2 cups cane syrup, preferably steen's, more for serving


• 2 eggs


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda


• 1/2 cup buttermilk


• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)


• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans, for serving


• whipped cream, for serving

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.


• 2 thickly butter and flour a tube pan, large loaf pan or 13-by-9-inch baking pan.


• 3 in a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.


• 4 mix in syrup and eggs.


• 5 in a bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.


• 6 add half of this mixture and half the buttermilk to syrup mixture and mix.


• 7 repeat, then mix in vanilla, if using.


• 8 pour batter into prepared pan and bake 45 to 60 minutes, until springy to the touch.


• 9 cool in pan on rack.


• 10 serve in slices or squares, with a dollop of whipped cream, a sprinkling of chopped nuts and a drizzle of cane syrup on top.