Madeira Cake
From Dainty dinners and dishes for Jewish families, 1907
Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Dainty dinners and dishes for Jewish families (1907) by May Henry, Kate Halford, page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
4 eggs. MADEIRA CAKE. I 1 teaspoonful baking-powder. 5 oz. castor sugar. 1 tablespoonful brandy. Cream the butter and sugar, add alternately the flour and yolks of eggs, previously well beaten, beat all for 10 minutes, then add the baking-powder and very stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Line a mould with buttered paper, fill it with the mixture, place a piece of citron peel on the top, and bake in a moderate oven about 1 hour. . lb. butter. b. castor sugar MADELENES. ^ lb. flour.
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