Simple Sponge Cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
  3 cups flour
  ½ tsp salt
  4 tsp baking powder
  1 cup water/ milk

METHOD

·         Preheat oven at 375 F for 15 minutes, prepare two 8” or 9” layer tins, lining bottom with  

        greaseproof paper. Grease paper but not sides of tin.

      ·         Cream butter and add sugar gradually. (Do not use butter at room temperature if room    
              is warmer than 75 F).
      ·         Add eggs one at a time, beating each egg for about 3 minutes.
      ·         Add vanilla.
      ·         Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture and water alternately. Add flour in 4 
               portions and water in 3, beginning and ending with flour.
      ·         Pour in prepared layer tins
      ·         Bake layers for 25 minutes.
      ·         Allow cake to cool in pan 5-10 minutes. Turn out on wire rack to cool if icing separately. If 
               you would like layers to stick together without using filling, as soon as they are turned out  
               of the pan, pit them together.

ENJOY