Madeira Cake (2)

Ingredients

• £ lb. butter
• £ lb. castor sugar
• 1-3 lbs. flour
• 6 eggs
• 2 oz. candied peel
• the grated rind of 1 lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream and dredge in the flour, then the sugar and grated lemon peel, lastly the eggs well whisked.

2. 2

   Beat all together lightly but thoroughly.

3. 3

   Line a cake tin with buttered paper and pour in the mixture.

4. 4

   Ornament the top of the cake with strips of candied peel.

5. 5

   Bake in a hot oven for one and a half or two hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Madeira Cake (2). — £ lb. butter, £ lb. castor sugar, 1-3 lbs. flour, 6 eggs, 2 oz. candied peel, the grated rind of 1 lemon

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