Old Fashioned Butter Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1  1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350*F.  Grease and flour two 8 inch x 2 inch baking pans and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Add butter, milk, and vanilla.  With a hand mixer, beat for  2 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.  

Add eggs and beat for 2 minutes more.

Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally between the pans.  Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  Remove from oven.

Cool in the pans for 10 minutes and then turn cakes out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.