Madeira Cake

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Brown & Polson’s ‘‘ Patent ” Corn Flour.
• 1 oz. Ps - “ Raisley.”’
• 6 oz. Flour.
• 4 oz. Butter.
• 5 oz. Castor Sugar.
• 3 Eggs.
• } Tea-spoonful Grated Lemon Rind or a few drops Hssence of Lemon.
• Pinch of salt.

Method

1. 1

   Measure out the ingredients.

2. 2

   Butter a round cake tin.

3. 3

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.

4. 4

   Beat up the eggs well.

5. 5

   Mix the flour and Corn Flour together.

6. 6

   Add a little of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar, beating well, then a little of the egg, and go on repeating till both egg and flour are used up.

7. 7

   Add the salt and grated lemon rind, and last of all the Raisley.

8. 8

   Mix well and pour into the prepared cake tin.

9. 9

   Bake for one hour in a moderately heated oven.

10. 10

    When baked, remove from the tin and lay on a wire tray to cool.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Simple recipes (1930) by Brown & Polson Ltd, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Madeira Cake For 8 persons. Timeiiolshrs. 2 oz. Brown & Polson’s ‘‘ Patent ” Corn Flour. 1 oz. Ps - “ Raisley.”’ 6 oz. Flour. 4 oz. Butter. 5 oz. Castor Sugar. 3 Eggs. } Tea-spoonful Grated Lemon Rind or a few drops Hssence of Lemon. Pinch of salt.

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