Irish Tea Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cups butter , softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 cups milk , or more if needed
• 0.25 cups confectioners' sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Cream sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

3. 3

   Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients alternately with milk, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons more milk if batter is too stiff. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

5. 5

   Turn cake out onto a serving plate and cool to room temperature, 20 to 30 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar right before serving.