Mark Hix

Madeira cake

Preparation info
  • Makes a

    20 cm

    cake
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
British Food
British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

  • About

This 19th-century cake was traditionally served with a glass of Madeira, hence the name. It’s less fashionable now, but still a good, simple teatime cake.

Ingredients

  • 175 g (6 oz) butter, at room temperature, plus extra to grease
  • 175 g (6

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven 160°C), gas mark 4 and line a 20 cm (8