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Eggless Vanilla Cake

Ingredients


2 cups Maida
1 cup white butter
1/2 tin condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar 
2 tbsp milk powder dissolved in half cup of water
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon edible soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
Enough aerated soda to correct the conaistency about 1/2 cup
1 pinch salt

Butter paper \white paper to line your baking tin

Method


1. Sift the maida,baking powder, salt and soda together three times in a sieve and keep it aside.
2. Whisk butter to a nice fluffy consistency.
3. Add both sugars and condensed milk to the white butter and whisk it all together with a hand whisk.
4. Slowly add the flour ( maida ) mixture . Fold it together.
5. Add soda slowly to the mixture to get the ribbon consistency. You might need to add lesser than the prescribed amount above.
6. Fold all the contents with a soft hand.
7. Line your cake tin with a butter paper glazed with some white butter.
8. Pre- heat the oven and bake the cake for 30 - 40 minutes at 180 Degrees Celsius.
9. When the cake turns nice brown remove it and keep it aside for sometime on wire tray\ gauze.
10. When the cake cools down. sprinkle a few teasppons of sugar syrup over it.


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