Easy Breezy Butter Cake

There is nothing better than a quick, simple basic cake recipe that can be easily converted into a fancier cake for a wedding, graduation party, etc., using different frosting. However, bringing family and friends together for an afternoon tea party with a piece of simple butter cake is special. This easy, basic yellow cake is the most important cake that everyone needs to learn at the beginning of baking.
Ingredients:
Dry ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Wet ingredients:
1 to 1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup milk

1 cup dried fruit, such as raisins or cherries (if desired)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350° and butter and flour a 9" x 9" cake pan.

Sift the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Using a KitchenAid stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add one egg at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add vanilla. Beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with flour and milk in batches-beginning with flour and ending with flour. Fold in the dried fruit at this time (if using).

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.