Measure flour, baking powder and preservative accurately and sieve into a dry bowl.

Measure butter into a mixing bowl and then add your measured sugar and flavour into the same bowl and start creaming using a mixer or by hand using a wooden spoon.

Cream Sugar, butter and flavour until light and fluffy, increased in size and almost white.

Break egg into a bowl and beat/whisk lightly, add gradually into your creamed mixture and continue mixing until well incorporated.

Switch off mixer and gradually fold in mixture f flour, baking and preservative into the mixture using a metal spoon until flour has been added.

Pour into a will greased baking pan and bake in a moderately hot oven for 45mins, 2 hours depending on a cake size

To check when ready /when cake is done, insert a sharp object Knife or skewer into cake middle, if it comes out clean, that means cake is ready.