Irish Tea Cake by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients:

• Butter 1/2 cup
• Sugar  1 cup
• Eggs 2
• Vanilla essence 1-1/2 tsp
• Flour 1-3/4 cups
• Baking powder 2 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Milk 1/2 cup
• Icing sugar 1/4 cup
  

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
2. Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the eggs, one a time then stir in the vanilla.
5. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the batter alternately with the milk.
6. If the batter is too stiff, a tablespoon or two of milk may be added.
7. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
8. Bake for 30-35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick into the center comes out clean.
9. Cool in a pan on a wire rack, and then turn out onto a serving plate.
10. Dust with icing sugar right before serving.