Easy Homemade Butter Cake
There is something special about a simple homemade butter cake. It doesn't need fancy decorations or complicated ingredients. A good butter cake, made with a few basic ingredients, is soft, fluffy, buttery and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. This is one of those recipes I like because it is simple to remember. The main ingredients— butter, sugar and flour—are all 250 g . Once you remember that, the rest of the recipe is easy to follow. Ingredients 250 g butter or margarine, softened 250 g sugar 250 g all-purpose flour 4 eggs — approximately 250 g with the shells 1½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons fresh milk, approximately A little butter or margarine for greasing the baking tray A Little Tip Before You Start Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature. This is particularly important for the butter and eggs. Using room-temperature ingredients helps them mix together properly and gives you a softer and fluffier cake. If your butter is refrige...