Cottage Pudding with Vanilla Sauce from The Vintage Baker: More Than 50 Recipes from Butterscotch Pe

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups [350 g] granulated sugar
• 1 cup [220 g] unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 tsp table salt
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup [240 ml] buttermilk
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 1¼ tsp baking powder
• 2¼ cups [270 g] cake flour, sifted
• 1 cup [240 ml] heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• ½ cup [60 g] confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• ⅛ tsp table salt
• Lightly sweetened whipped cream for serving, optional