Vanilla Madeira Cake

Ingredients

• 0.75 cups butter , softened
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and line a round cake pan with parchment paper.

2. 2

   Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture.

3. 3

   Sift flour and baking powder into creamed butter mixture and stir until batter is well mixed. Spoon batter into the prepared cake pan, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon.

4. 4

   Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.

5. 5

   Cool cake in the cake pan for 10 to 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.