Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients :

200gms maida /all purpose flour
200gms butter (softened at room temperature)
200gms powdered sugar
2 eggs
1tsp baking powder
2tsp vanilla essence
pinch of salt

Procedure :

1. Beat sugar and butter till sugar dissolves
2. Beat eggs till a fluffy foam forms up.
3. Mix maida and baking powder and sieve 3 times.
5. Once we have all mixing items ready , keep oven for preheating. Preheat the oven for 10min on 180 degree Celsius. Also grease the baking tray with butter and sprinkle some maida on it . Dust off access flour.
4. Now add foamed up eggs into sugar-butter mixture and gently fold them , don't mix vigorously.
5. Add vanilla essence and pinch of salt and mix.
    If  you are using salted butter no need to add salt.
6. Now add maida to this mixture in parts. Keep on mixing to avoid formation of lumps.
    Remember to bake cake immediately  and not keep the batter for long. Cake should go in oven as    soon as baking powder hits liquid.
7. Pour this into baking tray and keep it in oven for baking for 30-35 min.
8. Oven temperatures differ , hence you can keep a check after 20 min and if toothpick inserted in the middle of cake comes out clean it means cake is done.
9. Allow cake to cool down completely and then unmould it !