Butter Cake

This butter cake receipe will yield a very soft texture and it melts in your mouth.  Remember to beat the batter longer to incorporate enough air into it.  Butter cake is best eaten the next day as the flavour needs time to seep through the cake.

Butter Cake



Ingredients

250g           Butter
250g           Self-Raising Flour
220g           Sugar
4                  Eggs
5 tbsp         Milk
1 tsp            Vanilla Extract

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. Prepare a lined 9" or 10" square pan.
3. Sift the flour, and add in salt.  Set aside.
4. In an mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar till pale and fluffy.
5. Scrape the mixing bowl, add in the 1st egg and beat till sugar has totally melted.
6. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating thoroughly and scraping the mixing bowl in between till all eggs have been added.
7. Mix in the flour in 3 portions.
8. Add in the milk, and finally the vanilla extract.
9. Bake in the oven for approximately 15-20 mins.