Name: Madeira Cake
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g Butter; 175g Caster Sugar; 3 Eggs; 250g Self-raising Flour; 3 tbs Milk; Zest of 1 Lemon; To Glaze Mixed Peel

Dessert

8 servings

396 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease an 18cm/7in round cake tin; line and grease the base with greaseproof paper.

Butter

Step 2

Cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale and fluffy

ButterCaster Sugar

Step 3

Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well between each and add a tablespoon of the flour with the last egg

EggsSelf-raising Flour

Step 4

Sift the remaining flour and gently fold it in with enough milk to give a batter that falls slowly from the spoon, then fold in the lemon zest

Self-raising FlourMilkLemon

Step 5

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and lightly level the top, then bake on the middle shelf for 30–40 minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out clean

Step 6

Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely

Step 7

Decorate the cooled cake with the mixed candied peel to serve

Mixed Peel