Madeira Cake

Ingredients

• Half a pound of Flour
• Half a pound of Butter
• Half a pound of Sugar
• Three Eggs
• Two ounces of Candied Peel

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.

2. 2

   Add the eggs and flour gradually and beat well.

3. 3

   Pour the mixture into a cake tin lined with greased paper and place the candied peel on the top.

4. 4

   Dust with castor sugar and place in a hot oven, reducing the heat in ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MADEIRA CAKE * Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Quarter of a pound of Butter Quarter of a pound of Castor Sugar Two Eggs Candied Peel One teaspoonful of Baking Powder. 1. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. 2. Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs and beat separ- ately. 3. Add the yolks of the eggs and sifted flour alternately. Beat well. 4. Stir in the baking powder, and the whites of the eggs lightly. 5. Pour the mixture into a cake tin lined with greased paper and place a piece of candied peel on the top. 6. Bake in a moderate oven for one and a quarter hours. CAKES AND BISCUITS MADEIRA CAKE 103 Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Half a pound of Butter Half a pound of Sugar Three Eggs Two ounces of Candied Peel

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