🍰 Old-Fashioned Simple Butter Cake (Nana’s Style)
🧾 Ingredients
1 cup (225 g) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
👩🍳 Instructions
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a baking pan.
Cream butter and sugar
Beat together until light and fluffy (this is the secret to that nostalgic texture).
Add eggs
Mix in eggs one at a time.
Combine dry ingredients
In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
Mix everything together
Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating with milk.
Stir in vanilla.
Bake
Pour into pan and bake for 30–40 minutes or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
✨ Optional “Auntie Touch”
Sprinkle sugar on top before baking for a light crust
Add a bit of lemon zest for freshness
Serve with jam or custard
❤️ Why this fits your description
Simple ingredients
No complicated measurements (easy to remember)
Passed down by memory rather than written recipe
Comforting, slightly rich, and very nostalgic
