Plain Sponge Cake

Cake Recipe: Ingredients: 225 grms Self raising flour, 225 grms sugar, 225 grms butter (room temperature),4 large eggs 1 spn vanilla flavoured essence/ extract. 1 flat tea spn baking powder. 2-3 tbl spns milk. Method: Sieve flour and baking powder and keep aside. Beat butter and sugar well until sugar dissolves. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add milk and vanilla essence and combine. Now keep combining and keep adding the flour and baking powder mixture slowly little by little making sure it dissolves well with no lumps. The Mixture is ready. If you wish u can add dry fruits to this mixture before baking. To bake pre-heat oven to 180degrees. Line a cake tin with a grease proof paper and pour in the mixture. Place this in the pre heated oven and bake for 35 mins, then lower the temperature to 160 degrees and cover the tin with foil inorder to protect the cake from burning. Bake for 20 more mins. Now remove the foil and poke knife deep into the cake in the center, if it comes out clean the cake is done. if not continue for 10 more mins. Soft smooth cake is ready. Cheers, Chandini