Basic Easy Butter Cake

Name: Basic Easy Butter Cake
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

6 ingredients

6 steps

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

Directions

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.