Name: MADEIRA CAKE recipe by Namita Tiwari at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups All purpose flour; 1 ¾ cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar, powdered; 3 eggs; 1/3 cup mixed peel; ¼ cup slivered almonds; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind

ABOUT MADEIRA CAKE RECIPE

Madeira Cake is buttery, delicious and flavourful. Studded with slivered almond and candied peels, it is addictive. The recipe is from Old Fashioned Favourites by The Australian Women’s Weekly.

Ingredients Serving: 8

2 cups All purpose flour
1 ¾ cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar, powdered
3 eggs
1/3 cup mixed peel
¼ cup slivered almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind

Instructions

Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Grease and line one 20cm round cake tin.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one by one till the mixture turns pale. Add grated lemon rind.
Stir in sifted flour.
Spoon the batter into the pan. Level the top.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Remove cake from oven; sprinkle mixed peels and almond slivers evenly. Return to oven.
Bake for 40 minutes or till a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Remove from the pan after 5 minutes, slice when cold.

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