Madeira Cake

Ingredients

• 8 oz. flour
• 5 oz. butter
• 6 oz. castor sugar
• Grated lemon rind
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• Citron peel

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the flour, cream the butter and sugar, add the grated rind.

2. 2

   Add the flour and eggs by degrees, and beat well.

3. 3

   Add the baking powder with the last spoonful of flour.

4. 4

   Turn into a greased tin; place the citron on the top.

5. 5

   Place in a moderate oven, and bake steadily for one and a half hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for high-class cookery (1912) by Edinburgh School of Cookery, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MADEIRA CAKE. 8 oz. flour. 5 oz. butter. 6 oz. castor sugar. Grated lemon rind 4 eggs. 1 teaspoonful baking powder. Citron peel

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