2½ cups all-purpose flour
2½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1½ teaspoons vanilla
1¼ cup milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Grease and lightly flour two round 8-inch cake pans and set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small mixing bowl and set aside.

Beat butter or margarine with a hand mixer at medium speed for 30 seconds in a large mixing bowl.

Add sugar and vanilla and beat well.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Add dry flour mixture and milk alternately, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined.

Pour batter into prepared cake pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Remove cakes from pans and cool thoroughly on racks.

Frost with your favorite frosting