1-2-3-4 Cake!

I've been wanting to find a new cake recipe to use in my "just because cakes" or for making cupcakes.  The one I've been using for years is GREAT for carving or stacking, which up until I had my son was most of what I was making.  Anyway, I decided to start with the stack of recipes I got from grandmother and, once again, she delivered.

This recipe is simply entitled, but really it should be called "Fluffy, yummy cake."  I didn't even have any need to alter it from the original card.  Well, that's not entirely true... I always add extra vanilla ;)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup softened butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 4 eggs (room temperature is best)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup whole milk (room temperature is best)
• 2 rounded tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffly (approx. 5 mins or more on medium)
2. Add in eggs one at a time.
3. In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Measure out milk, add vanilla to milk.
5. Add milk and flour mixtures alternately to first mixture, flour last.  Mix well in between additions.
6. Bake in 8" tins at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.