Simple Yellow Bundt Cake

Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs, kept at room temperature for 30 minutes
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup whole milk

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 13- by 9-inch metal baking pan (not dark) or 2 (8- or 9-inch) round pans.

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.

Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer (fitted with paddle if using a standing mixer) at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla, and beat until thoroughly incorporated, about 5 minutes. Mix in flour mixture in 4 batches alternately with milk at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until batter is just smooth, then spread evenly in the bundt pan (regular pan can be used as well).

Bake cake in middle of oven until it begins to pull away from sides of pan and a tester comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto a rack and cool completely. Decorate the middle with chocolate chips/ strawberries or blueberries. Serve with whipped cream. YUMMY!