Ingredients

• 250 g - refined flour or Maida
• 300 g - powdered sugar
• 250 g - butter
• 4 - eggs, beaten well
• 1/2 cup - milk
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1 tsp - vanilla essence

How to Make Sponge Cake With Butter Icing

• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Cream the butter and sugar together.
• Add the beaten eggs and vanilla essence and mix well.
• Fold in the flour a little at a time.
• Add milk if the mixture is too thick.
• Pour into a greased and floured cake tin and bake for 40 to 45 minutes till the cake is done.
• Butter icing: Beat 200 g butter and 500 g icing sugar together until creamy.
• Add 2 tsps vanilla essence and 2 drops pink or green food colour.
• Use a spatula to cover the cake with the butter icing.
• Then with a wet fork make soft peaks across the surface of the icing.
• Decorate as desired.
• Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes