Short Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease a 9x9 dish & set aside.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, cut flour, sugar & butter together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture.

3. 3

   To the remaining butter mixture, add the rest of the ingredients & mix well.

4. 4

   Pour into prepared dish & sprinkle topping over.

5. 5

   Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

6. 6

   Note #1: The edges of the cake may turn a light golden brown while baking, but the topping should not brown.

7. 7

   Note #2: Double the ingredients to make a larger (9x13) cake.