Easy Baking Powder Babka

Posted by request. I have always made a yeast version, which can be very time consuming. I think I will give this one a try. For lucre see Easter Babka.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 15
• Yields: 1 loaf

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

Directions

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.