Heimablaðskaka (homemade cake)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 22 cm round tin.
2. Beat the butter with the sugar until pale and creamy.
3. Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition, then the vanilla.
4. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt, then fold them in alternately with the milk.
5. Pour the batter into the tin and smooth the surface with a spatula.
6. Sprinkle with flaked almonds if you like and bake for 35 minutes.
7. Check the doneness with a knife tip, which should come out dry, then let it cool on a rack.