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Nectarine-Topped Lemon Verbena Cake {Gluten-Free}

"Mom," asked the Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf, "what are you making for dessert?" What?!?!  Bear in mind that this is what the kitchen in our new house looks like right now. I wasn't planning on making anything except the bare minimum for dinner. I certainly hadn't planned on making dessert.  D - I really don't know where anything is. But I had a gallon of milk in the fridge that needed to be used and he offered to make a hot milk cake, so we dug through some boxes and adapted one of our favorite recipes to infuse the milk with dried lemon verbena leaves. Plus, we had some fresh nectarines that needed to be used right away to. Ingredients  makes one 9" square cake 8 T (1/2 stick) butter + more for greasing pan/parchment paper 1 C milk 4 dried lemon verbena leaves 2 C gluten-free flour 1-3/4 C organic granulated sugar 2 t baking soda 4 large eggs 3 ripe nectarines, pitted and thinly sliced Procedure ...