happy birthday cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan or three 8 or 9 inch round layer cake pans.
• cream the butter and sugar together until smooth and fluffy. mix in the vanilla extract.
• separate the eggs and set the egg whites aside. add the egg yolks one at a time to the creamed mixture, beating after each one.
• measure the baking powder into the flour, sift a little of the flour into the creamed mixture. continue adding the flour and the milk alternately, while continually beating the mixture. beat the cake batter until a few air show.
• beat the 4 egg whites with a dash of salt until stiff. gently fold egg whites into the batter. pour batter into prepared pan(s).
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) until cake(s) test done, approximately 25 to 35 minutes.