BOTER KOEK - Dutch Butter Cake
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1/2 sticks Imperial margarine
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons almond extract
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
DIRECTIONS
  1. Grease an 8" round cake pan.
  2. Mix margarine and sugar together, until light.
  3. Add egg and extract.
  4. Add flour. Mixture will be quite thick.
  5. Press into the greased cake pan.
  6. Beat an egg, and brush on top. (Don't use too much.)
  7. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Do not overbake or underbake.
  8. Immediately, sprinkle with sugar.
  9. NOTE: During the holidays, we like it with red or green sugar.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is another family favorite recipe that has traveled around the world....even to my son in the Marines Kuwait, then Iraq, and back to Kuwait. You can get the metal pan at Walmart---last time I purchased it was a $1.49. Mix, Bake, Cool, and Mail!