Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C and grease a 20 cm cake tin well.

Step 2

In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla together with an electric mixer until light and creamy.

Step 3

Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.

Step 4

Sift the flour over the mixture alternately with the milk, adding a third at a time. Stir in lightly.

Step 5

Spoon batter into prepared tin and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer pulls clean from the middle of the cake.

Step 6

Cool cake in tin for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Step 7

Cake can be iced or dusted with icing sugar if desired.