Sweet Madeira Cake
By: Urvashi Agarwal
Published: Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 6:50pm

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.

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.