Butter-less Vanilla Cake.

I love baking a lot. And I am always on the look out for recipes that do not use much butter for baking.
Now a days I rarely bake cakes with butter. I try to use olive oil for baking whenever possible.
This is one cake that I bake very often. It is so moist and rich, tastes almost like a pound cake without any butter.


Ingredients.
2 eggs,
3/4 cup sugar,
1/2 cup oil(olive or vegetable oil),
1/2 cup milk,
1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour,
1/2 tbsp baking powder,
1 tbsp vanilla.

Method.

• Beat eggs well. Add sugar to eggs and beat well.
• Next add oil and milk and beat well.
• In another bowl mix flour and baking powder.
• Gradually keep adding a tbsp at a time of flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix, till all the flour is used and everything is well incorporated.Finally add the vanilla and mix.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan(8x4) or a 7 inch round pan.
• Pour the batter in the pan and bake for about 50-55 minutes, till cake is done.
• To test for doneness insert a toothpick in the centre of the cake and see.
• When done take out of oven and cool for 15 minutes and then invert the cake out of the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• Frost if desired. We prefer ours plain.

Note.
Can double the recipe and bake in a Bundt pan.
Add 2 tbsp cocoa powder to the above batter to make chocolate cake.
Add chopped nuts or raisins if desired.
If eaten the same day the cake is usually crusty and a bit dry but if eaten the next day it becomes very soft and moist.
Can substitute any other liquid(orange juice/coffee/wine) for the milk.