Butter Cake
75g butter
75g caster sugar
85g self raising flour
A pinch of salt
1/4tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1tbsp milk
3/4tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
Beat butter and sugar till soft and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add salt.
In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt 3 times. Fold in the sifted ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
Finally add in vanilla essence and combine well. Pour batter into a greased and floured cake tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove cake from oven and let it cool completely before decorating it.
