Vanilla tea cake by shireen

Vanilla tea cake

      Ingredients

      Butter 8 ounce/200grams

      Caster sugar 1 cup

      Flour 1 ½ cup

      Baking powder 2 tsp

      Eggs 4 separated

      Vanilla essence 1 ½ tsp

      Milk ¼ cup

      Method

      Grease a 8 inch bandit pan well with oil and dust with flour, leave aside, beat 8 ounce butter and 1 cup castor sugar till light and creamy, add in 1 ½ tsp vanilla essence and beat, now add 4 egg yolks one at a time, beating well, beat egg 4 white stiff and fold into butter mixture. Also fold in the sifted 1 ½ cup flour and 2 tsp baking powder mixture into batches, add ¼ cup milk mix well, spread mixture into prepared pan, bake in a moderate oven 180 to 190 c for 45 minutes.