Basic Yellow cake - two 8" pans

1 cup               butter

1 1/2 cups        sugar
4                     eggs
3/4 cup            milk
1 1/2 t             vanilla extract
2 cups              cake flour
                      (2 cup minus 4 tablespoon all purpose flour + 2 Tbsp corn startch)
2 t                   baking powder
a pinch            salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together
4. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans. 
5. Bake for 25-30 mins

This was enough for cake for the cinderella pan :)