Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Madeira Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    10–12

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Madeira is a plain cake that was first baked in the eighteenth century, when it was served mid-morning with a glass of Madeira, a sweet fortified wine – hence the name. It is easy to make in a food processor and you could, if you so wish, drink a glass of Madeira while switching it on and off to get into the spirit of the thing.

Ingredients

  • 175 g/ 6 oz unsalted butter, diced, plus more for greasing
  • 175 g/ 6

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Put the butter in the bowl of a processor with the caster sugar. Blitz to a cream, scraping down the sides. With the machine running, add 3 eggs one at a time through the feeder tube, again sc