Vanilla Butter Cake

Made this Vanilla Butter Cake with Chocolate Rice for one of my colleague who will be leaving our company soon. Interestingly, this recipe (which I got from Women's Weekly Magazine) was very soft and less buttery. Will try to make the vanilla icing the next time I make this cake.

Ingredients

125g butter
170g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
250g self-raising flour (sifted)
120g fresh milk
Chocolate rice for toppings.

Vanilla Icing* (Optional)
220g icing sugar
15g butter
1-2 Tbsps hot water
1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions

1. Preheat oven at 180 deg C. Lightly grease and line a deep 20cm round cake pan.
2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla essence together until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, scraping down sides of bowl.
3. Lightly fold flour into creamed mixture alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
4. Spoon mixture into pan, smoothing top. Bake 40 to 45 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a pan for 5 mins, before turning onto wire rack to cool completely.

Note : * For icing, sift icing sugar into a bowl  Add butter, water and vanilla. Beat well until mixture has a smooth, spreadable consistency. spread over cooled cake.