This was my mother's go-to cake when she had last-minute guests coming over. It's a dense, spongy cake with a sweet and tangy apricot or peach jam topping.
Recipe type: Crave-Worthy Cakes
Serves: 1 (9*13-inch) cake; 16 pieces
Ingredients
5 large eggs
1[1/4] cupssugar
1 TB.vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp.baking powder
[1/2] tsp.salt
[1/2] cupwhole milk
[1/2] cupbutter, melted
2 cupsapricot or peach jam
[1/4] cupsweetened condensed milk
2 TB.hot water
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly coat a 9-13-inch cake pan with cooking spray, and dust with about 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
In a large bowl, and using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat eggs for 3 minutes.
Add sugar and vanilla extract, and beat for 2 more minutes.
Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, whole milk, and melted butter, and blend for 1 minute.
Pour batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Cool cake completely.
In a small bowl, whisk together apricot jam, sweetened condensed milk, and hot water.
Pour jam icing over cake, letting it run over the edges, cut, and serve.