Simple White Cake

This easy cake recipe requires just 7 ingredients and tastes like you spent hours making it, even though it's out of the oven in under an hour.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 209 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup milk
• 0.5 cup unsalted butter
• 1.75 teaspoons baking powder

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake pan.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until the top springs back when lightly touched, 30 to 40 minutes.

Step 3

Cream sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition. Mix in vanilla.

Step 4

Remove from the oven and cool completely.

Step 5

Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.

Step 6

Gather all ingredients.

Step 7

Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to the wet ingredients and mix well. Add milk and stir until smooth.