Recipe for basic yellow cake/cupcake

Wanted to share the first ever cake recipe for basic yellow cake I made when I started baking, this is not the recipe I use now to make my signature Dliteful moist yellow cake, but it is delicious and a great from scratch, easy to follow recipe.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cake flour sifted
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup butter or margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Makes:

About 12 standard cupcakes. Each cupcake serves 1.

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of two 8-inch round cake pans and line with waxed paper or parchment paper. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Cream sugar and butter together until light. Add eggs and vanilla to creamed mixture and beat until thoroughly mixed. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Continue beating one minute. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before decorating.