Madeira Cake

Name: Madeira Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 185 g (6½ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 170 g (6 oz/¾ cup) caster (superfine) sugar; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 teaspoons finely grated orange or lemon zest; 2 teaspoons finely grated orange or lemon zest; 155 g (5½ oz/1¼ cups) self-raising flour, sifted; 125 g (4½ oz/1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted; 2 tablespoons milk

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

This rich butter cake was popular in Victorian England. Madeira cake does not contain Madeira, but is so named because it is often served with a glass of Madeira.

Ingredients

185 g (6½ oz) unsalted butter, softened
170 g (6

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C (315°F/Gas 2–3). Grease a 20 × 10 × 7 cm (8 × 4 × 2¾