Madeira cake

Name: Madeira cake
Yield: Makes a 20 cm (8 inch) cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175 g (6 oz) butter, at room temperature, plus extra to grease; 275 g (10 oz) plain flour; grated zest of ½ lemon; 4 medium eggs, beaten; 175 g (6 oz) caster sugar; ½ tsp baking powder

Preparation info

Makes a
20 cm
cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

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

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Part of

British Teatime

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