Add all dry ingredients together and mix properly with a spatula or a hand whisk, then keep aside

In a mixing bowl add in sugar, eggs and vegetable oil and mix with your mixer, add in butter milk, hot water and keep on mixing

Gently pour in dry ingredients while still mixing, put it in bits till everything goes in the mixing bowl, lastly add in your flavour and mix again

Rub butter in your baking pan, next, pour over it flour. Dust pan with flour and discard the remaining flour in the pan.

Pour in your batter and bake at 180degrees for about 40 mins. Check with a skewer to see if fully baked

Turn over cake in a tray and allow to cool. Use a long knife to transversely divide cake into 2 equal halves..

For the frosting mix butter in a mixer at high speed till it becomes lighter in color and fluffy. Then start adding the sugar slowly while still mixing till required consistency. If thick you can add 2 teaspoons of milk. Condensed milk can also be added to enhance sweetness.