Make the butter mixture first because it takes longer.

Cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.

Add egg yolk one at a time..

Beat until the mixture is pale

Add the vanilla essence, brandy, condensed milk

Fold in the flour

Beat the egg whites until frothy, then add the sugar gradually.

When it reaches firm peak, add the egg yolks one at a time.

Set up the oven on grill mode.

Combine the butter and egg white mixtures.

Take a ladle full of batter and spread evenly on a lined baking pan of size 10 inches x 10 inches.

Grill for 3 to 5 minutes. Decide how brown you want and record time taken.

Remove from oven, poke a few holes on the cake, and spread another ladle full. Set the time you took for the first layer to obtain desired colour.

Repeat this procedure until all the batter is used up.

Bake it at 180C for another 10 minutes.

The ladle used must be scrapped clean every time.

The time taken must be consistent for each layer.