Name: Vanilla Cake
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 2 ¼ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla essence

Ingredients

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2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 ¼ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 180Â°C.
Line two 23cm round cake pans or one 23 x 33 cm rectangular baking pan with wax paper. Grease the paper and the sides of the pan well.
In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs together until slightly thickened – about one minute.
Add sifted flour, milk, oil, baking powder and vanilla essence, and beat for another minute – just until the batter is smooth and creamy. Don’t overbeat. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan(s).
Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until the tops are golden and a toothpick poked into the centre of the layer comes out clean. A single rectangular pan will take longer to bake than two round ones.
Loosen the sides of the cake from the pan with a thin knife, then turn out onto a rack and peel off the paper. Let cool completely before covering with frosting, if desired.