Madeira Cake

Name: Madeira Cake
Yield: Makes 1 Cake
Ingredients: a few drops vanilla essence (extract); 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, cut into pieces; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 15—30 ml/1—2 tbsp milk; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 15 g/½ oz/2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 150 g/5½ oz/1⅓ cup self-raising (self-rising) flour; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp vanilla essence; 165 g/5½ oz/generous 1¼ cups self-raising flour; 40 g/1½ oz/6 tbsp plain flour; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, cut into pieces; 175 g/6 oz/⅞ cup caster sugar; 140 g/5 oz/⅔ cup butter, cut into pieces; 140 g/5 oz/¾ cup caster sugar; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup plain flour; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups self-raising flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Delicately flavoured with vanilla, this classic plain cake has a firm yet light texture. Serve the traditional way with a glass of its namesake.

Ingredients

Small

115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, cut into pieces
115

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if it is detachable, then line the base of the bread pan with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until the mixture is very light and fluffy, then beat in the vanilla essence.