From the 1968 Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook Cream together: 0.5 cup butter, softened (1 stick) 1.5 cups sugar Add: 2 eggs, one at a time vanilla Add: 2.25 cups flour 2.5 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp salt alternately with: 9 oz (1 cup + 2 tbs) milk Bake in 2 greased and floured 9" rounds at 350 for half an hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.