Nancy Cake

To celebrate the completion of Nancy's first marathon I created a cake for her, which I've appropriately named: Nancy Cake.  Ta Da!

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup sugar...plus additional 2 tablespoons for sprinkling

1 cup halved and pitted cherries

1/2 stick of butter

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg

1/2 cup buttermilk

1. preheat oven for 400 and grease a 9 inch cake pan

2. in a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt

3. in a large bowl cream the butter with 2/3 cup sugar 

4. to the butter and sugar mixture add the vanilla and the egg and beat well

5.  add the flour and buttermilk into the butter sugar mixture and mix until just combined

6. pour batter into the cake pan and arrange the halved cherries in circled pattern over the batter

7. sprinkle the top with the 2 tablespoons of sugar

8. bake for 20 minutes