Bake a Cake

Now is Christmas time. Being the first Christmas at our new home, I thought of baking a cake myself. My father is quite an expert in baking a cake. So, here, I present the basic recipe of baking a cake.
Ingredients:
1) Maida - 200 gm
2) Powdered Sugar -200 gm
3) Butter - 200 gm
4) Eggs - 200 gm
5) Baking powder -1 1/2 tsp
6) Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
7) Cooking soda - 2 tsp

Method of preparation:
a) Sieve the maida -baking powder mixture at a first level. Keep it aside.
b) Mix powdered sugar and butter in a large mouthed vessel until they are mixed well. This should ideally take around 30-40 minutes if mixing by hand
c) Separate egg yolk and egg white. Whip egg white. Whip egg yolk.
d) Add vanilla essence, whipped egg yolk and cooking soda to item (b). Mix well.
e) Add item (a) and whipped egg white to the item (d) gradually and mixing them.
f) Pre heat oven at 180 degree C for about 10 minutes.
g) Place a butter paper or greased paper with butter/ghee in a baking dish.
h) Place the batter prepared at step (g) to baking dish in such a way that the baking dish is half filled.
i) Bake at 180 degree C for 20 minutes. Bake at 160 degree C fir 30-40 minutes.
j) Prick the cake with a tooth prick. The tooth prick would be clean if the cake is baked completely. Else, bake at 160 degree C for another 10 minutes.