Eazey Plain Cake

Eazey Plain Cake:

Ingredients:

• 1 c. butter, (2sticks) softened
• 1.5 c. Sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 c Milk
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• Butter and flour for cake pan

Tools:

• A mixer, OR a spoon and some serious elbow grease
• Mixing Bowl
• Two 8" Round Pans or One 9x13
• Oven
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring spoons
• Spatula

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Grease and flour cake pan(s)
3. Cream butter, sugar, milk and eggs in bowl
4. Slowly add vanilla, salt, baking powder and combine thoroughly 
5. Sift flour into batter
6. Mix thoroughly 
7. Distribute batter evenly in pans
8. Bake in oven for 25-30 minutes or until cake is springy
9. Let cool 30 minutes
10. Remove from pan
11. Decorate as desired, or enjoy as is

I've never understood why you have to divide the yolks for a cake, white cake uses whites, yellow cake uses 8 FREAKING EGG YOLKS!!! What am I supposed to do with 8 egg whites?  So I've adapted my own cake, without troubling myself with egg separation.  And it's delicious.

Cake recipes always say to mix the liquids and dry ingredients in separate bowls.  I never understood why.  It's just important to make sure everything is blended.