Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1 3/4           cups  sugar
     2/3           cup  margarine or butter -- softened
  1 1/2      teaspoons  vanilla
  2                     eggs
  2 3/4           cups  all-purpose flour or
  3               cups  cake flour
  2 1/2      teaspoons  baking powder
  1           teaspoon  salt
  1 1/4      teaspoons  milk

Preparation:

Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour 3 round pans, 8 x 1 1/2 inches or 2 round pans, 9 x 1 1/2 inches. Beat sugar, margarine, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl at medium speed, scraping bowl constantly, until blended, about 30 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, for 5 minutes. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt, alternately with milk on low speed. Pour into pans. Bake until wooden pick inserted in centercomes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, remove from pan, cool completely.

Nutritional Information:

225 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 51g Carbohydrate; 31mg Cholesterol; 290mg Sodium