Easy Baking Powder Babka

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, plus
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/8 teaspoon rum extract or 1/8 teaspoon almond extract or 1/8 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a babka, bundt or angel food cake pan.
• 3 cream butter and sugar together.
• 4 combine flour and baking powder.
• 5 resume beating while gradually the eggs alternating with the flour mixture.
• 6 add salt, extract and raisins and mix well.
• 7 place dough in prepared pan and bake 50-60 minutes (cooking time depends on the type of pan you use).
• 8 remove from pan when cool and dust with confectioner's sugar or glaze with lucre.