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Madeira cake
Serves 10
Easy
Total time:
Moist lovely butter cake
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- 5oz butter or margarine
- 5oz caster sugar
- 3 med eggs, slightly whisked
- 8oz self raising flour
- few drops lemon essence
- thin slices citron peel (optional)
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 180c/350f/gas mark 4. Grease a 18cm (7 inch) cake tin.step 2
Cream butter and sugar, beat in lightly whisked eggs with a little flour.step 3
Add essence, then fold in the remaining flour.step 4
Bake for about 1 1/4 hours. Place peel on top after half an hour in the oven.
