Basic Butter Cake & Buttercream Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake
125 g soft butter
1 teaspoon vanilla, essences
165 g caster sugar
2 eggs
225 g self raising flour
125 ml milk
Frosting
125 g soft butter
240 g icing sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to moderate.
Grease & line pan(s).
Beat butter, vanilla and sugar in small bowl until light and fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time.
Stir in flour and milk (in 2 batches).
Spread into tin, and cook for approximately 25 - 35 minutes (until skewer comes away clean).
Let stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto wire rack.
Serves 6.
FROSTING.
Beat butter in small bowl until as white as possible, gradually beat in half the icing sugar, milk, then remaining icing sugar.
Add flavoring and coloring as required.