Ingredients
- 1 cup/250ml whole (3.25%) milk
- ¼ cup/65g unsalted butter
- ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups/448g granulated sugar
- 2 cups/338g all-purpose flour (plus some spare for dusting your cake pans
- 2 teaspoons/ 8g baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon/ 2g salt
- Vegatable Shortening - such as Trex (UK) or Crisco (US)