Name: Vanilla butter cake
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, chopped; 3/4 cup (180ml) milk; 3 eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 cup caster sugar; 1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

Ingredients

125 gram butter, chopped

3/4 cup (180ml) milk

3 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 cup caster sugar

1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate (180°C/160°C fan-forced). Grease deep 19cm-square cake pan; line base with baking paper.

2.Combine butter and milk in small saucepan, stir over heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature.

3.Beat eggs and extract in small bowl with electric mixer until thick and creamy; gradually add sugar, beat until dissolved between each addition.

4.Transfer mixture to large bowl, stir in half the sifted flour and half the butter mixture, then remaining flour and remaining butter mixture.

5.Pour into pan; bake about 45 minutes. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool. Dust cold cake with sifted icing sugar, if desired.

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