New Zealand Madeira Cake
From midgelet 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Basic outstanding butter cake. Don't overbake or it will be too dry. Cake is a great base for shortcake, filled cakes etc. Note: no wine in this cake, name denotes a rich butter type of pound cake.
Ingredients
- MADEIRA cake shopping list
- 175 gms butter softened shopping list
- 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/4 tsp grated lemon rind shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups flour shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
How to make it
- Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Stir in lemon rind.
- In a separate bowl beat eggs till thick.
- Stir in flour and baking powder together. (Can sift here)
- Add to creamed mixture alternately with the eggs.
- Stir to mix.
- Spoon mixture into a greased and lined 8 inch square pan (20 cm) (You do not have to grease sides of pan.)
- Bake at 180 (350) for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
- Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
- Note: freezes well
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