POUND CAKE

375 g butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 eggs
3 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder

Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until light and creamy.

Add vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, and beat well.

Sift together flour and baking powder, and fold into butter and eggs.

Pour batter into a 8 inch greased, square cake tin. Bake in a preheated 315°F oven for 1 hour or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer.