14 Jun Madeira cake
A perfect pairing with a cup of tea? A plain, yet deliciously light and airy madeira cake, with a slight vanilla flavour could be just the ticket for afternoon tea.
Ingredients
| Prep | Unit | Serves 30 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | g | 60 | |
| Flour, wheat, white plain | g | 600 | |
| Baking powder, dry powder | g | 24 | |
| Salt | g | 3 | |
| Butter | g | 300 | |
| Sugar, Caster | g | 360 | |
| Egg, chicken, whole raw | g | 250 | |
| Essence, Vanilla | ml | 5 | |
| Milk, cow, fluid unflavoured | ml | 120 |
Method
- Set oven at 190°C.
- Sieve together the plain flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a little flour with each.
- Add the vanilla flavour.
- Fold in the remainder of the flour alternately with the milk to produce a smooth, fairly soft batter.
- Place in greased baking tin. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 1/4 hours.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Dietary Suitability
 | Healthy Choices | Serve with fruit. |
 | Vegetarian Diet | Suitable for vegetarian diet. |
 | Fortified | Serve with a dollop of cream and custard. |
 | Gluten Free | Replace flour and baking powder with gluten free versions. |
 | Dairy Free | Replace butter with dairy free butter. Use soy or coconut milk. |
 | Pureed | Suitable to be pureed. |
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