Basic Easy Butter Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter or 125 g margarine
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 add eggs one at a t ime beating well after each addition. add vanilla essence. beat.
• 3 fold flour into creamed mixture alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
• 4 spoon into greased 20cm square cake tin.
• 5 bake in moderate oven (180 degrees c) for 35 to 40 minutes until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean.
• 6 allow to cool in tin 5 minutes before turning out. cool completely before icing.