Sweet Madeira Cake

Ingredients

240g caster sugar
230g butter, softened to room temperature
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla essence
250g plain flour
Marmalade

Preparation

1
Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Grease and flour a mini loaf tin case.
2
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy
3
Add in the eggs and beat till a smooth and creamy mixture. Beat in the vanilla essence.
4
Sift in the plain flour and fold into the mixture using a giant metal spoon or plastic spatula.
5
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins up to the top (it doesn’t rise much) and smooth the tops with the back of the spatula.
6
Bake for 20-25 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean (mine was done in 18)
7
Let cool for 5 minutes before carefully removing from the tins and sitting on a wire rack.
8
Warm the marmalade.
9
Poke holes in the still-warm cakes on top using a fork and brush the marmalade generously on top.
10
Let cool to room temperature before devouring the moist delicious cakes.
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About

A plain, simple cake that packs more flavour than so many others. Serve it as is, or with a large dollop of cream or even in a trifle!
Delicious and perfect with a glass of Madeira.

Other Names:

Plain Cake

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Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 6:50pm

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